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Two new hotels will rise up on this field in Hillsboro, near Nortwhwest Tanasbourne Drive west of Northwest John Olsen place. The Embassy Suites and Hampton Inn Suites projects are finally moving forward after a five-year odyssey.
travel writing jobs The hotels add much-needed meeting space to the community, according to city planners, local business leaders and lodging advocates, and come at a time when Hillsboro's hotels are increasingly in demand, leading to higher rates for customers.
Colin Cooper, Hillsboro's assistant planning director, said the city is riding "a very strong business sector led by Intel" and other businesses in the Tanasbourne travel writing jobs and AmberGlen communities near the hotel site.
The 4.9-acre property is on Northwest Tanasbourne Drive , west of Northwest John Olsen Avenue. The development means more people will stay and spend money in Hillsboro. travel writing jobs "We're just really excited," Cooper said.
Embassy Suites brings name recognition to the Hillsboro market, and a so-called full-service hotel -- with a new restaurant, room service and several meeting rooms. "You'd expect an Intel or a SolarWorld or a Nike to have access to that kind of facility," Griffiths said.
Total hotel rooms in Hillsboro: 1,125 total, not counting the new rooms McCormick's nonprofit WCVA subscribes to STR Global , the international hotel market analysis company, for monthly data on Hillsboro's hotel occupancy and rates.
Hillsboro's hotels had an 83.2 percent occupancy rate, according to McCormick, which she termed a "really good thing." Once built, travel writing jobs the two hotels represent a 24 percent increase in the number of total rooms in Hillsboro.
After nearly breaking ground on two separate occasions, 2008 and then again last summer, the original property owners sold the land use documents, development travel writing jobs plans and property itself to Western States Lodging and two other business partners in April.
Griffiths said it's "definitely atypical" for his company to purchase a shovel-ready project. Hilton Worldwide approached Western States Lodging to gauge interest in buying the Hillsboro hotels' property and plans in November, according to Griffiths. Embassy Suites and Hampton travel writing jobs are Hilton Worldwide companies.
Inn Ventures lost a bank loan in 2008 when the company was just a month away from breaking ground, Vice President travel writing jobs of Development Roger Collins said last summer. Last year, again, the company indicated travel writing jobs it was close to breaking ground, but the construction never happened. travel writing jobs Inn Ventures couldn't be reached for comment for this story.