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FAYETTEVILLE — A bustling scene of heavy machinery and a cloud of dust surrounds a massive 15-floor structure in downtown Fayetteville. The site of the Chancellor Hotel, where a herd of more than 50 construction workers are racing boston red sox tickets 417 against the clock to pull off a massive $15 million face-lift that will restore boston red sox tickets 417 the city's most luxurious hotel in time for the September 14 grand opening.
Even from the outside-looking-in, it's hard not to notice the transformation of the building which overlooks the neighboring lots like a sleeping giant ready to be unleashed on the public. The building itself is more than 30 years old and has gone through several name and managerial changes, but it has never undergone an overhaul quite like this, said Kevin Thompson, project manager for Dawn Properties and owners Ike Thrash and Sam Alley.
The hotel has been home to a Hilton, a Radisson and a Cosmopolitan since its completion in 1981 and saw its share of highs and lows. General boston red sox tickets 417 Manager Alex Jerde was present for both, overseeing the success of the mid 1990's to the demise boston red sox tickets 417 and eventual foreclosure of the property in 2010.
"When I started managing here in the 1990's we had about 156 employees and a fully operational hotel with 15 floors and a restaurant. By the end I had just 36 people on my staff," Jerde said Monday (July 23.).
"Even when business was booming there were little problems with the building that needed to be addressed. The city has seen this place go through some changes but nothing this drastic. I don't think some people will believe boston red sox tickets 417 it until they see it with their own eyes, but I think this place is in even better shape than when it was originally opened," Jerde said.
Over the last nine months Thompson and his crew have been putting in 10-hour days to bring the Chancellor to life. It's more than just a face-lift, the 30 year old structure has been injected with a youthful new plumbing system and a first-floor restaurant that should draw in foot traffic from the local business community. Though most of the furniture is still in plastic boston red sox tickets 417 wrap and the pool is void of water, the building is starting to resemble a four-star quality inn, unlike anything the city has to offer.
"Our biggest hurdle to get over was the plumbing because these pipes were original and had to be brought up to proper code," Thompson said. "It would take nearly five minutes to get hot water on the top floors before but now we get it in about five seconds."
When the doors open in mid-September, the Chancellor will feature 200 rooms, boston red sox tickets 417 including 16 suites, two ball-rooms with built-in boston red sox tickets 417 dance floors, two conference rooms complete with video projectors, a full-scale first-floor restaurant/bar and an indoor/outdoor salt water pool.
Thompson's crew has made an effort to use environmentally friendly light fixtures and cast stone tiles for the deck of the pool area. An on-sight parking deck will be available to guests, as well as a valet parking option.
The hotel opening will be the same weekend that defending national football champion Alabama boston red sox tickets 417 comes to town. According to Jerde, the Chancellor boston red sox tickets 417 is already booked for the weekend, as Razorback fans are already clamoring for a high-class, affordable hotel to hang their hog-hats.
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The most posh suite available carries the hotel's namesake — The Chancellor —  featuring 1,800 square feet with two adjoining rooms, boston red sox tickets 417 two baths, a bar and a balcony on the 16th floor. The hotel has 15 floors, but floor 13 was skipped and renamed boston red sox tickets 417 14, a common practice in the hotel business, according to Thompson.
"It's been too long since Fayetteville had a full-service hotel downtown. One that can accommodate conventions boston red sox tickets 417 and large groups. I can't wait to see the hotel busy again because we've had to limp along for several years while the venue was in a state of limbo," Heifner said.
Thrash, of Hattiesburg, Miss., is no stranger to the hospitality business. His firm purchased and renovated the Sheraton Four Points Hotel in Biloxi a few years ago, but he was just one of the serious suitors to pursue the Cosmopolitan early last year.
Sam Alley of Little Rock knows a thing to two about Fayetteville boston red sox tickets 417 and the hotel business. Alley, who's family owns Dallas-based Bedrock Commercial Partners, is a University of Arkansas graduate and his construction firm, VCC, built the Westin Hotel at Galleria in Dallas.
Plans called for a total renovation which began in 2007 but was cut short in May 2008 when the financing bank — ANB National — failed. At that time the loan had a collectable balance of $12.5 million and was sold to Kingston Management Services.
Jerde said Monday, several prospective buyers toured the facility but the extent of needed renovation was massive and it took owners with hospitality experience boston red sox tickets 417 and construction ties to see the true possibility this venue offered at the "right boston red sox tickets 417 price."
"At the end of the day it's going to be a beautiful space but rents are somewhat limited for much of year given that it's located in Fayetteville, not Manhattan or downtown Chicago. I am looking so forward to managing this hotel — all 15 floors and 200-plus rooms," Jerde said.
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