I mean it's a suburban roadside hotel, I'm not sure what you expect. I'm personally just happy it's a relatively urban format with a consistent streetwall and underground parking.
Holiday Inn Express is opening soon with landscape work getting done and now accepting reservations for arrivals on or after October 25, 2024. Phase 2 of 5-Storey Staybridge Suites is underway with a crawler crane on site and with the first floor being installed within this week. We will get some shots in back of the building in October.
While I absolutely generally agree about comments on "Vranich Specials", this is just a standard stock suburban highway hotel. In that lens, it's actually surprisingly good.
Vrancor Hospitality Corporation, has added another hotel to its growing hospitality portfolio with the completion of the new Holiday Inn Express® hotel in Hamilton Ontario. Holiday Inn Express Hamilton – Upper James is owned and operated by 1276 Upper James Limited and managed by Vrancor...
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Holiday Inn is open. Staybridge Suites is still U/C.
Buy one get one special at the structural precast depot when this one was being planned? Work continues on the second building, further back from Upper James as of yesterday, June 17th:
It's bland but honestly has such a narrow frontage onto James that it won't be particularly visible once the adjacent parcels redevelop... whenever they do. It's surrounded by vacant properties right now.