Quick Hits: Springhill Suites Hotel
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Neighborhood:
Estimated Cost:
Expected Completion Date:
Developer:
Springhill Suites - 705 S Mangum St
Neighborhood:
Southside
Size:
104 room hotel on 1.5 acres
Purchase Price:
$1.6 million
Estimated Cost:
Unknown
Expected Completion Date:
Fall/Winter 2019
Details:
77,323 square feet with 4,640 square feet dedicated to restaurant space, plus 105 parking spaces
Developer:
U.S. Hotels Inc.
Another project in Durham that almost certainly will not be complete by its estimated 2019 date. This hotel is interesting though. It seems to indicate the expansion of the downtown area, southward. I have also heard rumors of redevelopment happening in the shopping mall just east of this site.
Durham certainly needs more hotel rooms (even with so many rooms opening in the past few years). It will be interesting to watch this project and more importantly, the surrounding area develop. Currently, a few old, worn-down office buildings exist on the site and will be torn down for the construction.