From the Ground Up: SpringHill Suites by Marriott

Owner/developer: A R Enterprises Inc.
General contractor: Shrinay Corp. (Schaumburg, Illinois)
Architect: Norman Patten & Associates (Cedar Hill, Texas)
Engineers: White River Engineering Inc., civil; Norman Patten & Associates, structural, mechanical, electrical and plumbing
Size: 60,000 square feet
Estimated cost: $5 million
Lender: Guaranty Bank
Estimated completion: mid-March 2018
Project description: After a false start and a change in general contractors, Joplin-based A R Enterprises Inc. is developing Springfield’s first SpringHill Suites by Marriott in north Springfield. The four-story hotel is designed with 92 rooms, an 1,800-square-foot convention room, 106 parking spaces and an enclosed pool. The property encompasses 4.3 acres east of Interstate 44 and Glenstone Avenue, where A R Enterprises owner AJ Nursariwala also is developing an Old Chicago restaurant. The $5 million project began in 2014 but was halted in 2015 after permits expired due to months of inactivity, Nursariwala said. Colorado-based H&H Management Group relinquished the general contractor role last year to Illinois-based Shrinay Construction.