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Friday, May S, 2009
"Your Springfield Newspaper"
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New Hilton ,Garden Inn coming to Springfield
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By CRAIG MURPHY, ground sometime this month, , spring or summer of 2010, Lee said ,Garden Inn is a mid-'
Springfield Times Editor but that could slide a bit," said . Andy Limbird, planner in the' 1evel Hilton brand that offers
A site that used to house a hb- Rob Lee, vi~e president of The City ,of Springfield's Develop- full service lodging,
tel in the Gateway area of town ' Hotel Group, the management men!' Services office, said the "Probably the key thing about
will be doing so again soon,' company for the development final site plan was approved last (the hotel) is the name' itself,",
A five-level, $9,7 million Hil- imd future opening of the 149- June, The plan was finalized in Lee said. "Garden Inn is tap-'.
.ton Garden Inn will soon be built room hotel. "Typically a Hil- December. A building permit ping into' the 'Hilton name, Gar:
on Gateway Street just north of ton Garden Inn takes 12 to 14 has been ready since late De- den Inn is a key and growing
the Gateway 76 station at Belt months to open once ground is' cember. ' piece of the brand. This hotel
Line Drive, right next to 1-5, broken," "They have done' all of the will have the typical amenities
"We're hoping to break That means the hotel should necessary steps short of pickirig
'Be open for business in the ,up the pennit," Limbird said,
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Hilton:, The project has been
in the pipeline , for a long.time,;:~....
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like flat-screen TVs with HD,
a fitness center, a res~aurant, an
indoor, pool and, meeting. space
that totals about 3,000 sqnare
feet."
The Hotel Group, based in
Edmonds, Wash" manages 24
properties in nine, stat.es, ipclud-
ing another Hilt<;m Garden Inn
and a Holiday Inn Express in
Corvallis,
Limbird said there used to
. serVices are right there. Then~ .
is good visibility as well as (the
ability to) get around the metro
area quickly. It's,a very strategic.
location; and it will be served by
the ErnX line coming in soon."
, There are already several
other hotels in the, snrrounding
area, including a Holiday Inn
Express that opened last year
and played host to the ciiy's
State of the City Address in Jan-
uary, Other hotel brands in the.
vicinity inclnde a Holiday Inn,
with the surrounding amenities
and the 1"5 access," Lee said,
Still, with so many hotels in
the vicinity, is that a concern?
"Yes. and no," Lee said. "Hav-'
,'ing other hotels nsually implies
there is a demand. imd competi-
tion is always good,"
It's no secret that the building'
industry, has been pl\flicularly
impacted by the current eco~
nomic recession, but Lee said
this project is not tied to the
economy.
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