Workers have started construction of a planned hotel and convention project on the Arkansas State University campus in Jonesboro.
The Embassy Suites by Hilton and the Red Wolf Convention Center will be on the northeast section of the campus, with a projected completion date of late summer of 2019.
Embassy Suites by Hilton is an upscale, all-suite hotel brand, according to owner O'Reilly Hospitality Management officials. The full-service, 203-suite hotel and 40,000-square-foot convention center with an attached Houlihan's restaurant.
The facility will be on the ASU campus under the terms of a long-term land lease. O'Reilly Hospitality and the university will use the facility to assist in enhancing and expanding ASU's hospitality management program.
The Embassy, Red Wolf Convention Center, and Houlihan's Restaurant will serve as a training ground for the hospitality program, providing students internships, classes in a working hospitality environment, and access to mentorships and guidance within the Hilton and O'Reilly Hospitality systems.
The facility is designed by Butler, Rosenbury & Partners Inc. architects of Springfield, Mo., and the general contractor is Clark Contractors LLC of Little Rock. The complex is designed to meet LEED Gold-certification standards.
NW News on 05/20/2018