INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS GROUP TO BUILD 78,000-SQUARE-FOOT STAYBRIDGE SUITES

FRANKLIN, WIS. — InterContinental Hotels Group has announced plans to build a five-story, 78,000-square-foot Straybridge Suites located at 9527 South 27th St. in Franklin. The $10 million facility, which is slated for completion in the first quarter of 2009, will house 114 suites and four meeting rooms ranging from 200 to 680 square feet in size. Amenities at the hotel include an indoor pool, 24-hour business center and complimentary guest laundry center. Additionally, InterContinental Hotels Group is developing two Staybridge Suites in Milwaukee and Oconomowoc, Wis., which are slated for completion in the fourth quarter of this year and the third quarter of 2009, respectively.