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Two hotels near Tanger Outlets and the Centre Pointe development in North Charleston are checking into the market and ready to welcome guests this month — marking the first newly constructed lodgings for the area in 2025. An eight-story, 252-room Drury Plaza opened April 4 at 2934 W. Montague Ave.
, off of Interstate 26. Every room in the new Drury Plaza Hotel has an accent wall with renditions of Rainbow Row and other images. The hotel has more than 3,600 square feet of flexible meeting space for expected business travel demand along with other usual hotel amenities.
General manager John Ogrzewalla said the prime location offers guests easy access to the airport and interstate to get downtown, while also attracting those in town for events at the Charleston Area Convention Center or visitors heading to nearby military bases. Members of the Air Force were among the first guests to check in at the new Drury Plaza Hotel in North Charleston. They checked out April 9.
"We seek to meet the needs of both business travelers and leisure travelers, which is why we've thoughtfully created a lot of public spaces throughout the hotel," Ogrzewalla said. "Whether you visit Charleston for business often or it's your family's first time in Charleston, we wanted to create that sense of place even though we are not downtown." The hotel is the second Drury flag in the state and the seventh across the Carolinas.
It will employ 70 full-time and part-time workers in North Charleston. Nearby, a four-story, 123-room Element by Marriott Charleston Airport is nearly ready for check-in at 4865 N. Arco Lane.
The owner bought the 4.2 acre property in 2018 for $7.5 million.
The four-story, 123-room Element by Marriott Charleston Airport opens later this month. The hotel has been added to Marriott's booking website and is accepting reservations starting April 25. The lodging will have an outdoor pool, 24-hour fitness center, restaurant, bar and 500 square feet of meeting space.
Each room has its own kitchenette for extended-stay travelers. The owner is Contender Development. Hospitality America will manage the property.
Nightly standard room rates start at around $132 at the Element and $119 at Drury Plaza Hotel. And there's more growth on the horizon. St.
Louis-based Drury also has another project brewing. The company bought the 131-room Days Inn on U.S.
Highway 17 for $14 million in early January, according to Charleston County real estate records. The existing hotel is situated at 261 Johnnie Dodds Blvd. Adam Plous, Contender Development's chief operating officer, said the company is "looking forward to expanding our brand throughout the state.
" "The property is just past the base of the Ravenel Bridge in a beautiful area that provides easy access to not only Mount Pleasant and all it has to offer, but also right into downtown Charleston," Ogrzewalla said. The former Days Inn will be demolished to make way for a new Drury Hotel, he said..
