The city is reviewing a permit application for construction of the four-story, 114-unit Everhome Suites, Extended Stay by Choice Hotels, in Arlington.
No contractor is listed for the project, which is estimated at a job cost of $8.5 million.
The almost 58,000-square-foot building is planned at 1486 Solara Terrace, which is south of Tredinick Parkway and Lone Star Road, west of Southside Connector.
The site is north of Regency Square Mall.
Rimrock Development LLC is the developer. The architect is 101 Architecture LLC of Greenwood Village, Colorado.
The 114 rooms comprise 68 kings, 33 double queens, six one-bedrooms and six accessible rooms (four double queen, two king and one one-bedroom).
Amenities include a fitness center, lounge, marketplace, guest laundry and meeting rooms. The outdoor amenity area includes fire pits and built-in grills
Some properties have pools, although plans for the Arlington hotel do not show one.
The St. Johns River Water Management District application listed Taylor & White Inc. as the civil engineer.
The 2.46-acre hotel site is on the western half of a 4.9-acre vacant parcel fronting Lone Star Road.
Indigo Shoppes LLC of Coral Gables is the owner. It would sell the property to Rimrock Development Holdings LLC of Lake City as the project developer.
Rimrock requested a modification within an existing stormwater system for the project.
Choice describes Everhome Suites, its newest brand, as a new construction, midscale extended stay hotel.
Choice, based in Rockville, Maryland, said in a Nov. 14 news release that it has 60 Everhome Suites properties in the pipeline and more than 250 across three other extended stay brands: MainStay Suites, Suburban Studios and WoodSpring Suites.
The first two Everhome Suites hotels opened in Corona, California, and Newnan, Georgia.
ChoiceHotels.com says 12 are coming soon in 10 states. One is listed for Orlando. Jacksonville is not identified as a site.
Everhome Suites are designed with apartment-style suites that have fully equipped kitchens, workstations, full-size closets, additional storage and “spa-like” bathrooms.
Properties feature fitness centers, business centers, libraries, guest laundry facilities and 24/7 self-service marketplaces with hot and cold breakfast options for purchase. They are pet friendly.
It does not offer free breakfast.
Multiple room types offer multifunctional furniture, fully equipped kitchens with dishwashers and premium one-bedroom suites with in-room washer-dryers.
The rate is posted at $133 a night at the Corona hotel for one guest renting one room for one night, March 8.
Choice’s 22 brands include Radisson; Ascend Hotel Collection; Cambria Hotels; Comfort; Country Inn and Suites; Quality; Clarion; Econo Lodge and Rodeway Inn.