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Hotel boom from Page 1
They sit in the center of a growing economic district
a few blocks away from Chandler Fashion Center and
Firebird Raceway, and close to large employers such
as Intel, Orbital Sciences, Pearson Education, Toyota
and Microchip.
These hotels and the newly opened Hilton Chandler
across the Santan Freeway on Price Road will add 743
new rooms to an existing 1,768 by January 2010.
More to come
It’s the start of a hotel boom in Chandler, following
a nearly 10-year hotel development drought.
The last time hotels were built was between 1998
and 2001, when more than 10 hotels sprung up in
accordance with rampant residential and commercial
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growth.
FIRST: The historic San Marcos Hotel was the fi rst built in the NOW OPEN: The Chandler Hilton hotel opened recently with 197
Before that, the only hotel in Chandler was Crowne
region in 1912, and features golf and the Crowne Plaza fl ag. rooms, and is located north of the Santan Loop 202 across the
Plaza San Marcos Golf Resort, built in 1912 and located
Loop 101 and the Chandler Fashion Center.
south of Chandler Boulevard on Arizona Avenue. include complimentary hot breakfast and a manager’s
The hotels built in the early years of the decade reception, Jacuzzis and Internet access. outdoor pool and spa, a fi tness center, a public art
had an average room count of less than 100. The John Paul Villarreal, general manager of both showcase and an interactive “go-board.”
fi ve opening this year are larger and more service- hotels, says he wants to get out in the market and All four hotels will have conference and board
oriented, with room counts ranging from the 110- incite people who have never looked at Chandler as a rooms for business travelers.
room Fairfi eld Inn to the 197-room Hilton Chandler. destination to do so. His hotels have already received Many other groundbreakings will take place this
Smith says they will convenience business travelers many group queries and reservations. year including Cambria Suites at Dobson Road and
by allowing them to stay in Chandler, while also Villarreal believes this is an exciting time for Chandler Boulevard, and aloft Hotel in Downtown
generating bed taxes for the city. Chandler. Ocotillo.
The Hilton Chandler has a 24-hour business center, “We are bringing in two beautiful products – the A Holiday Inn Express and Staybridge Suites seem
an executive fl oor and lounge, and 8,000 square feet right products,” Villarreal says. “They are value- “eager to break ground,” according to Smith. A
of meeting space to house any event, from a small based, for family and corporate travel, because we Candlewood Suites might follow suit.
business meeting to a wedding or convention. know people are cautious about how much they are A Westin Hotel and Town Place Suites are in the
The 153-room Hampton Inn & Suites opening in spending. We defi nitely fi t into that market.” planning stages, but both seem to be delayed for a
September and 133-room Homewood Suites Hilton The 150-room Courtyard by Marriott and 110-room while, says Smith.
opening in October will attract mid-scale travelers, Fairfi eld Inn across Price Road will share an adjoining
including jetsetters and leisure vacationers. Amenities public plaza with many amenities, including an
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