Thanksgiving Point, Lehi Utah to Get Marriott

So I've seen the sign over by Thanksgiving point, just by the large pit that held water when Thanksgiving point first opened. It shows that a Springhill Suites by Marriott is coming. Here's a recent article I found in the Salt Lake Tribune about it.

Thanksgiving Point to get hotel of its own
By Mike Gorrell
The Salt Lake Tribune
Article Last Updated:11/24/2006 11:46:28 PM MST

Thanksgiving Point in Lehi soon will have its own hotel. Construction is expected to begin as soon as weather permits on a 94-room SpringHill Suites.

The hotel will be developed by Sunridge Properties of Mesa, Ariz., which recently purchased 2 1/2 acres at Thanksgiving Point, the entertainment complex created a decade ago by Alan and Karen Ashton. The family-oriented development already features a championship-caliber golf course, a series of gardens, a farm country area, a museum of ancient life and a retail village.

Sunridge Properties also executed an option to develop a second Thanksgiving Point hotel at an unspecified time in the future, said Bryson Duncan, a spokesman for NAI Utah Commercial. Two of the real estate company's agents, Rick Davidson and Dan Simons, handled the sales transaction between Thanksgiving Point and Sunridge Properties.

Terms were not disclosed.

Sunridge Properties has been involved in small-hotel development and management in Arizona since 1983. Its subsidiary, Sunridge Hotel Group, has operated hotels bearing the brand names Holiday Inn Express, Comfort Inn, Best Western, Ramada and Marriott Fairfield Inn in Phoenix, Yuma and Sierra Vista, Ariz. as well as Roswell, N.M.

The company also recently opened SpringHill Suites in Salt Lake City and Cedar City.

SpringHill Suites are a Marriott brand whose suites offer 25 percent more space than comparably priced hotel rooms as well as a complimentary breakfast, according to Marriott's Web site. The hotel also has a business service center, valet and guest laundry facilities, a swimming pool, whirlpool spa and exercise room and meeting rooms.

mikeg@sltrib.com

Source: Salt Lake Tribune