7 hotels coming to Hamilton County. What you need to know.
At least seven hotels have moved through planning processes or started construction in Hamilton County cities within the last year.
The impact of new projects is complicated because of an increase in vacation home rental listings, like AirBnB, said Brenda Myers, president and CEO of Hamilton County Tourism.
But suburban hotel markets are hot, Myers said. The hotels planned in Hamilton County also signal the growth of the area as a destination for tourists from sports activities at Grand Park to events at Conner Prairie.
“We have a strong weekend market generation through sports, Grand Park and our other sports complexes generate a significant amount of business, through entertainment, Ruoff and the Center for the Performing Arts,” Myers said. “Now we have a big retail drive. We have IKEA and Top Golf and soon to have Chicken N Pickle. So we're an overnight escape for a lot of people.”
Here’s a look at some of these projects coming to Hamilton County cities.
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Carmel
Hotel Name: Tempo by Hilton
Location: Clay Terrace mall, directly behind Kona Grill
Company that submitted plans: Clay Terrace Partners
Hotel size: The hotel will be five stories with 150 rooms and include a rooftop restaurant and bar with access to the public.
Status: Plans for the hotel are in the final design and approval phases, according to Equicor Hotel Group, the project's developer. Construction is expected to begin later this year with opening planned in 2025.
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Hotel Name: Tru Hotel Carmel Dora
Location: 12164 North Meridian St., north of the Ritz Charles
Company that submitted plans: Nathan Winslow, American Structurepoint
Hotel size: Plans describe a nearly 11,000-square foot, five-story hotel.
Status: Approved by the Carmel Plan Commission May 16.
Fishers
Name: Hotel Nickel Plate
Location: 8651 E. 116th St., next to the Nickel Plate Trail
Owner: Tapestry Collection by Hilton
Hotel size: A 5-story, 116-room boutique hotel
Status: Under construction by Browning Investments of Indianapolis with a completion date in summer 2024.
Name: Planned hotel at Fishers District expansion
Location: South of 116th Street and east of I-69
Plans submitted by: Thompson Thrift of Indianapolis
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Hotel size: The developer plans to include 150 hotel rooms in its $550 million expansion of the culinary-centric Fishers District. Plans also include an event arena, retail, restaurants, offices and housing.
Status: Officials recently broke ground on the event center, scheduled to open fall of 2024. Hotel timeline is undetermined.
Noblesville
Hotel Name: Residence Inn
Location: Hamilton Town Center
Company that submitted plans: MHG Hotels
Hotel size: Planning documents describe a four-story, 25,500-square-foot building with close to 100 rooms. Plans submitted to the city in 2017 show the Residence Inn located alongside a Springhill Suites, which is not built yet.
Status: Starting construction soon, according to a Noblesville city spokesman.
Westfield
Hotel Name: Holiday Inn Express
Location: The southwest corner of U.S. 31 and 191st Street
Company that submitted plans: Himanshu Patel by Spiars Engineering
Hotel size: The hotel plans describe the project as a nearly 57,000-square-foot building on two acres.
Status: Approved June 5 by the Westfield Plan Commission
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Hotel Name: Wheeler Landing Hotel
Location: North of State Road 32 and east of Grand Park Boulevard
Company that submitted plans: Grand Park, LLC by Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.
Description: The hotel plans describe a nearly 16,000-square-foot building on 2.44 acres.
Status: Approved June 5 by the Westfield Plan Commission.
A second IndyStar reporter contributed to this story. Contact the main reporter at 317-779-4468.
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