More room at the inn
Nearly 1,200 hotel rooms are under construction or planned for Hamilton County at eight new or renovated hotels.› Westin hotel, 801 Pine St., 259 rooms› Budgetel Inn, 1410 Mack Smith Road in East Ridge, 266 rooms› Holiday Inn & Suites, 434 Chestnut St., 140 rooms› The Edwin boutique hotel, Walnut Street and Aquarium Way, 90 rooms› Aloft Hotel at King and Market Streets, 150 rooms› Springhill Suites, 8876 Old Lee Highway in Collegedale, 106 suites› Hampton Inn near Camp Jordan in East Ridge, 88 rooms› Home2 Suites by Hilton, 2316 Center St., 97 rooms
Chattanooga’s biggest hotel development firm is bringing another type of extended stay hotel to the local market next year – one of four new hotels the company is now building in Hamilton County.
Vision Hospitality Group Inc. is planning to open a 97-room Home2 Suites by Hilton at 2316 Center St., sandwiched between a Residence Inn by Marriott, a Towne Place Suites and a Microtel hotel, by the fall of 2018. The new extended stay facility will join 14 other hotels located at or near the Shallowford Road exit of Interstate 75 near the Hamilton Place mall.
“We are excited to have started construction on another hotel in the Hamilton Place market,” said Mitch Patel, founder and president of Vision Hospitality, which has built or is building 47 hotels in nine states. “Twenty years ago, our company’s first hotel, the Homewood Suites by Hilton, was built at Hamilton Place. Vision values its ongoing partnership with Hilton and the opportunity to develop one of its newer brands.”
The Memphis-based Home2 Suites by Hilton is a mid-tier brand, all-suite hotel that offers affordable accommodations for the extended stay segment, targeting both the corporate and leisure traveler. It will include spacious suites with a customizable working area, fully-equipped kitchen, microfiber hypoallergenic bedsheets, and common entertainment, eating and recreation areas.