Source : tricities.com
Category : Hotels In Carolina
By : Frances Leate
Posted By : Hotels Carolina Beach NC
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Site work is Junderway for a new Hilton Garden Inn near Interstate 81’s Exit 7, and it is expected to open in late 2014. Workers are currently digging out the site for the building’s foundation on land directly adjacent to the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store at The Village at Exit 7. Construction was originally expected to begin during the summer, said owner Prakash Patel of Bristol Hotels Inc. “It took us a little while to go through all the red tape you have to go through, but we’ve started moving dirt now,” Patel said. “We have to put other material in there, do the foundations and – if the winter cooperates – we’re targeting 12 to 14 months to open the hotel up. So we’re looking at fall or winter 2014.” To attract the Hilton flag, the city previously agreed to divert $380,000 back to the hotel’s owners from usage taxes after the facility opens. That offsets the purchase price of the land.
The hotel will be five stories with 104 guest rooms and include a restaurant, lounge, 3,500-square-foot banquet facility, indoor pool and fitness center. It becomes only the second business to locate on the hilltop site, which was heralded for many years as a prime spot for development. “It’s very exciting. It took longer to start the project and we’re ready to go forward and open in the Bristol market,” Patel said. “We’re trying to work with all the local businesses to let them know the project has started. Cracker Barrel is very excited they’ve got a neighbor. They’ve been very lonely for a number of years. It will help Cracker Barrel and Cheddars.” Thomas Builders, of Athens, Tenn., a firm specializing in hotel construction, will build the 78,000-square-foot facility, which is The Hilton Garden Inn. It’s expected to employ about 35 people. “It is drawing a lot of interest,” he said. “I’ve heard others are looking to possibly do something on Village Circle.”
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