People visiting Auburn will soon have a new place to stay.
A TownePlace Suites by Marriott, which is designed for people staying for long periods of time, is being built on South College Street near the South Donahue Drive intersection.
Art Bright, project manager, said construction started approximately one month ago. He said the development will be good for the area.
"It will probably be as nice a property there is in Auburn," Bright said.
Forrest Cotten, director of planning for the city of Auburn, said there will also be retail and restaurant spaces there as well.
"It's a significant development when you take all that into account," Cotten said.
Cotten said he thinks the reasoning for the location was because of the location of the new Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine campus. He said people will be traveling to work there and will need somewhere to stay for a long time.
Cotten said it would also be convenient for people to stay there on game day weekends because it is so close to campus.
He said it would not affect people living at nearby apartments, such as Eagles South, because there would be a buffer between the properties.
Cotten said there would be no negative impact on traffic because there would be access points on both South College Street and South Donahue Drive.
"I think they will be able to distribute traffic fairly efficiently," Cotten said.
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