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Business travelers, tourists and others who need to sleep over in Westchester will have more options than ever in the coming year as a clutch of new hotels open in the county.
Several other hotel projects are taking shape as well.
The latest newcomer to Westchester's hotel market is Extended Stay America Inc., which on Oct. 27 celebrated construction of its first Westchester hotel. Extended Stay America actually started breaking ground in August on the 136-room hotel on Route 119 in Elmsford, just east of the Hampton Inn on the same side of the street.
Extended Stay America will welcome its first guest some time in the fourth quarter of' 2000, spokeswoman Monique Damiano said.
Extended Stay America is one of a handful of hotel chains entering Westchester or expanding within the county - with emphasis on the market for guests who stay a week or longer. Some others:
* Marriott Residence Inn is expected this month to open its second extended-stay hotel in Westchester, a 120-suite lodging at the $190 million New Roe City complex in downtown New Rochelle.
* Summerfield Hotel Corp. is in late construction stages of a 159-suite hotel in White Plains (town/village of Harrison) at 101 Corporate Park Drive in EastRidge Properties' Westchester Corporate Park. Summerfield's hotel is set to open in January.
* On Oct. 15, 2000, BroadwayHawthorne Co. plans to open an 85-unit Comfort Inn & Suites on Route 9A in Hawthorne. The hotel will replace the owner's 69-room Quality Inn that has stood
since 1956. By including suites as well as moms, the new hotel hopes to attract corporate executives as well as tourists.
Elsewhere in Westchester, Yonkers officials will soon receive plans for two hotels contemplated...