Hotels Popping Up in Rogers, Springdale
by June 4, 2001 12:00 am 85 views
The Rogers Hotel Group recently got a building permit valued at $4.13 million to complete construction on an AmeriSuites Hotel in Rogers. It will be located at 4610 W. Walnut Ave., next to Office Depot on the southeast corner of Interstate 540 and U.S. Highway 71 by January.
RDC Corp. of Houston got a loan of $5.3 million in December from Arvest Bank of Rogers to build the hotel. The hotel will be managed by RDC and operated under a five-year franchise agreement with AmeriSuites.
The plan is to have 104 rooms, all suites, in a five-story building.
Extended Stay America on March 29 purchased a building permit valued at $3.24 million to build a new Springdale hotel. Also planning to move into the Springdale market are Fairfield Inn Suites and Comfort Suites.
ESA will be located on Luvene Avenue south of Hampton Inn & Suites on 48th Street. It has estimated an opening of Dec. 20. Headed by Wayne Huizenga, owner of the National Football League’s Miami Dolphins and former chairman and CEO of Blockbuster Entertainment Group, ESA’s 120 efficiency studio rooms will be about 300 SF each and go for $199-$299 per week.
Fairfield Inn & Suites and Comfort Suites, which had their technical plat reviews go through the Springdale Planning Commission May 17, will both be located on Rieff Street just north of Taco Bell on Sunset Avenue.
Fairfield will be a four-story, 83-room hotel. Comfort will be a three-story, 65-room hotel.
Candlewood Hotel Co. of Wichita, Kan. recently purchased a building permit valued at $2.5 million to complete its construction of a new Rogers hotel.
Groundbreaking for Candlewood Suites, located at 4601 W. Rozell St. near Scottsdale Center, was held in March. Owned and operated by Candlepoint Rogers LLC under a license agreement with Candlewood Hotel Co., the new hotel is set to open in September. The total project will feature 78 suites and is valued at about $4 million.