A 113-room SpringHill Suites by Marriott hotel is planned at The Lake, a mixed-use development in western Chesterfield expected to feature a surf pool and recreational lake. (Courtesy Chesterfield County)
Another piece of The Lake mixed-use development is moving forward.
Developer Flatwater Cos. recently filed plans for a 113-room SpringHill Suites by Marriott slated for construction at its massive lake-anchored project in western Chesterfield.
The five-story hotel, which will be operated by Texas-based Aimbridge Hospitality, is anticipated to be the first of two hotels at The Lake development, Flatwater’s Brett Burkhart said.
With permitting still in process, Burkhart said the SpringHill hotel could break ground in six to seven months.
Burkhart declined to share the anticipated cost of the hotel’s construction.
Timmons Group is the project’s engineering firm, and Liquid Design was tapped to design the hotel, according to a site plan filed with Chesterfield.
The planned SpringHill Suites by Marriott hotel would be built at The Lake project in the area outlined with a dotted-line rectangle.
The Lake is planned to feature a 13-acre recreational lake, 6-acre surf pool and an amphitheater on a 105-acre site southwest of 288’s interchange with Powhite Parkway and across Genito Road from Clover Hill High School.
The hotel plans come on the heels of the start of construction earlier this year on 20,000 square feet of commercial space at the project’s front section. Tenants signed on for that area include Starbucks and Chipotle, and those retail buildings are expected to be completed this fall.
The SpringHill hotel is planned for a site that’s near the in-progress commercial storefronts fronting Genito Road, as well as the site of a planned pair of five-story mixed-use buildings with about 300 apartments each and ground-floor retail.
Burkhart said the hotel will cater to families that attend youth tournaments at the nearby River City Sportsplex, which is on the other side of Route 288 from The Lake.
Burkhart said The Lake’s second hotel is planned for closer to the development’s surf pool and other anchor entertainment features. The developer hadn’t yet filed plans for that hotel, which is expected to have about 170 rooms.
The overall Lake development is planned to feature 250,000 square feet of office, retail, entertainment and restaurant uses, and is zoned for nearly 1,200 residential units, with 830 planned to be apartments and 360 townhomes.
A rendering of the The Lake mixed-use development rising in Chesterfield County.
Burkhart has previously said the lake feature is planned to be operational in the summer of 2025. The pool that will create artificial waves for surfing would follow later. The development is expected to have a five- to 10-year build-out.
The Lake was projected to cost more than $323 million as of the summer of 2022. The project has been in the works for years before the start of construction in January. The Chesterfield Board of Supervisors previously approved a grant performance agreement for the project that is expected to provide about $28 million in incentives over time.
The five-story hotel, which will be operated by Texas-based Aimbridge Hospitality, is anticipated to be the first of two hotels at the massive lake-anchored development,
Good news. A hotel is long, long overdue in this area. The country likes to boast about all the revenue generated from hosting tournaments, but fails to realize that most of it lands in Henrico where there are plenty of hotels, restaurants, and retail. Unless of course the county has data demonstrating that these families are also shopping for used auto parts and are taking advantage of the splendid junkyard that greets them upon entry to River City.
oh come on George! There are a couple small hotels on Hull Street like 5 miles away. Surely that will suffice! /s
It is exciting to offer lodging very close for the multi-use sports and entertainment venue. Years ago Brandermill residents argued against the Holiday Inn Express at Old Hundred and Hull. It appears to still be thriving. What’s missing still is an interchange of 288 for Genito Road to further support this venue. That appears to be nearly impossible now being that all four quadrants are boxed in with development with little or no opportunity for one. The nearby restaurants are already benefitting as I’ve personally been at one where it was obvious an entire team was there celebrating.
Stefan: take a close look at the Lake plans, it had a off ramp to Genito that VDOT reserved R/W for future construction. Unless someone eliminated what would have helped the traffic.
I think I had heard the cloverleaf at Powhite Parkway was too close under VDOTs standards to install another one at Genito Rd. They don’t like zipper lanes on limited access highways and have standards for the length of acceleration/deceleration lanes onto/off of the exits.
Yeah that was the word and that too make it work additional land that would be needed to make it meet the standard with an extended grouping exit just was not in the budget.
I see the GIS Parcel lines on the County website and there is an area of 288 ROW forseeably for an exit for Northbound 288 to get to Genito. Thanks.
https://chesterfieldva.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=7b848b1ae3db4c5087bfc7c6bc174f69
Chesterfield’s Transportation Department has a draft design for an interchange at Genito and 288, but I’m not sure where it stands with VDOT.
This project is such a pipe dream to use a surfing like term. Announced in 2020 with a 5-10 year frame for development (and talked about for YEARS before). The rendering in the article is Genito and Genito Place has little resemblance to design of the spaces being built. A couple of strip retail spaces and a mid-level Spring Hill Suites hotel. And yes the hotel is needed and all the new places should do well. But at the press release (and before Bos) he called this a recreation centered economic development engine when it was announced but it still… Read more »
I don’t think this project makes sense for the area especially since that exit ramp may or may not come.
“Burkhart has previously said the lake feature is planned to be operational in the summer of 2025. The pool that will create artificial waves for surfing would follow later. The development is expected to have a five- to 10-year build-out.” Yeah, that’s development speak for “We’re going to make sure we build out all the revenue-producing infrastructure first, and then maybe we will get around to that surf pool we promised.” Ask any resident in a neighborhood where the HOA is still managed by the developer. Developers lie to get feet through the door. They’re about as trustworthy as the… Read more »
I think this would be a great place to add a Pickleball Tournament Center. The Hotel would surely get some good use. It would also give those parents and siblings a place to pay pickleball before/after and in between soccer matches. They are always looking for pickleball courts that are close to River City.
So this developer gets 28 million from us tax paying paying citizens and we get to be stuck in traffic with the thousands of people living and going there. Why aren’t these developers required to improve the infrastructure for this development?? Where’s our tax break?
I’m so confused kinda coming at the end and reading what Christina said about the 28 million. I was under the impression all developers had to at least pitch in with infrastructure cost. Especially with residential building helping with new schools. We have to wake up and get to these board of supervisor meetings