Cambria Suites Under Construction in Traverse City, MI
SkipStone Crossing Development
TRAVERSE CITY, MI, April 17, 2008. Construction is underway on a three-story, 92-room Cambria Suites hotel owned by local developer TC 92 Suites, LLC, and located at 255 Munson Avenue adjacent to the Best Western Four Seasons.
"I'm confident that both business and leisure travelers visiting Traverse City will love the sophisticated technology, personal environment and contemporary style that this Cambria Suites hotel will provide," said Alex Mowczan of TC 92 Suites, LLC, and owner of the Best Western. "I'm proud to see this new, upscale brand come to Traverse City."
A Choice Hotels International franchise, Cambria Suites hotels offer stylish, more intimately-decorated guest rooms that are 25 percent larger than standard hotel rooms and include flat-screen LCD televisions, CD/DVD players, MP3 jacks and complementary wired and wireless high-speed internet access throughout the property. Hotel amenities include Reflect, for casual breakfasts and dinners, with a barista coffee bar and full bar; Refresh, a state-of-the-art, expanded fitness center with resort-style pool and spa; and Refill, a 24/7 convenience store featuring freshly-prepared gourmet salads and sandwiches, healthy and organic foods and typical convenience fare. Over 1,000 square feet of meeting space will also be available.
The development is less than two miles from several Traverse City points of interest like the Cherry Capital Airport, the Grand Traverse County Civic Center, downtown Traverse City, Boardman Lake, Grand Traverse Bay, Northwest Michigan College and two golf courses. Its placement in this central location offers both leisure and business travelers easy mobility and abundant opportunities within the area.
"SkipStone Crossing is designed to be an intimate, walkable community with an emphasis on people, not automobiles," said Michael Wills, the project's director of development.
Scheduled to open in Spring, 2009, the upscale hotel is the first of several mixed-use phases planned for SkipStone Crossing, a five-acre, Smart Growth community being developed at the base of the Old Mission Peninsula. Future phases of the project in the planning stage include a Senior Independent Living Community and a three-story commercial building with street-level retail shops and upper level offices prominently located at the corner of Munson (US-31) and East Front Street.
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