Plans filed for first hotel at The Lake project in Chesterfield

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.

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