“We have seen great success with models that step outside of traditional development constraints,” said Craig Mance, senior vice president, North American development, Hilton Worldwide. “These types of hotels offer developers savings in the construction and operational phases, while providing guests a variety of accommodations, price points and amenities to meet their individual needs.”
To be known as the Calgary Airport Hotel Village, the project will allow the hotels to share certain facilities. Exterior walkways and an underground parking garage will connect the three properties, while the Hampton and Homewood Suites will share a pool and fitness center, and the Hampton and Hilton hotels will be joined by a 14,000 square-foot conference center. The Homewood Suites and Hampton properties are scheduled to open in Q4 2013, while the Hilton Hotel is expected to open in the fourth quarter of 2015. The Hampton, Hilton and Homewood properties will have 135 rooms, 252 rooms and 122 suites respectively.
Canada represents a growth market for all three brands. Over the last decade, Homewood Suites has steadily built its presence in Canada, which now exceeds 1,000 suites across 10 hotels. Including Calgary Airport Hotel Village, the upscale extended-stay brand has seven new properties that will open in the market by 2014, nearly doubling its current Canadian portfolio. This project marks Hampton Hotels’ 19th project under development to be added to its footprint of more than 34 hotels in the market. Hilton Hotels currently has 15 opened hotels and 2 projects under development in Canada.
The 518-room hotel village will be located at 2021 100 Avenue N.E. and is owned by Prestige Hospitality. Chamberlain Architect Svcs., Ltd served as the lead designers and the contractor is Aman Building Corporation. The Homewood Suites and Hampton hotels have already broken ground, and construction of the Hilton property is expected to begin in the second quarter of 2013.
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*HVS, Canada Lodging Outlook March 2012