Kingstown, RI – The mood was celebratory as silver shovels were lifted recently for a new Towne Place Suites by Marriott hotel in the Quonset Business Park. The hotel is being built on a 4.6 acre site conveniently located across from The Shops at Quonset Point at the intersection of Gate Road and Route 403.
The 103-key hotel is being developed as part of the Gateway Parcel Master Development by New Boston Fund Inc, a real estate investment, development, and management firm based in Boston
with Waterford Development of Needham, Mass. Pro Con, Inc of Manchester, N. H. is the architect and construction manager for the $7.5 million design/build project and Colwen Management of
Nashua N. H will manage the hotel.
The developer has registered the four-story, 55,453sf hotel with the US Green Building Council (USGBC) and intends to pursue certification under the USGBC’s LEED program; making it one of the first LEED certified hotels in Rhode Island. Pro Con Inc plans to use regional and recycled materials in construction and incorporate environmentally beneficial strategies in the hotel’s development and daily operations. The hotel will utilize a geothermal system for heating
and cooling the building.
The hotel’s exterior design features a brick veneer base with clapboard and smooth panel siding.
The new Towne Place Suites is scheduled to open in spring 2011.