An affiliate of Huntington Hotel Group purchased 3.21 acres of land near San Jose Airport and will break ground next month on two new Marriott-branded hotels that will operate within a single building at 10 Skyport Drive at the intersection of North First Street in San Jose, CA. Huntington Hotel Group along with affiliate San Jose HHG Hotel Development LP will develop a 175-room Residence Inn and a 146-room SpringHill Suites 0.5 miles east of the San Jose International Airport. Barry Swenson Builder has been selected for the construction project.
"We recognized the need for additional extended stay lodging in the area due to the success of Silicon Valley technology companies and new/expanding companies driving employment growth"
The extended-stay and select-service Residence Inn by Marriott and the SpringHill Suites by Marriott will be enclosed in one seven-story building with guestrooms on levels two through seven. The hotels will share a pool, health club, gift shop, three-story parking garage as well as back-of-house areas.
"We recognized the need for additional extended stay lodging in the area due to the success of Silicon Valley technology companies and new/expanding companies driving employment growth," states Kevin Keefer, principal of Huntington Hotel Group. He continued, "we were pleased to hear about several state-of-the-art corporate headquarters being developed in the surrounding area." San Jose is home to more than 6,600 technology companies employing more than 254,000 people; and fourteen Fortune 500 companies are headquartered in San Jose. "The recent airport expansion influenced our decision as well," added Kevin Keefer. Mineta San Jose Airport recently completed a $1.3 billion renovation / expansion and serves 8.3 million passengers annually (in 2012), approximately 23,000 passengers a day. Also, they plan to add direct flights to Asia from the airport.