BPR Eyeing JIA for 131-Key Hotel

BPR Properties is hoping to get city approval to build a 131-room Homewood Suites by Hilton near Jacksonville International Airport. The project, on 2.6 acres at 1771 Airport Road, is slated to be a four-story hotel. The company paid $1.43 million for the vacant site in 2022. Amenities include in-room kitchens, free hot breakfast and pet-friendly rooms.

Elevate of Atlanta is the architect. Ingenium Enterprises Inc. is the project consultant.

The BPR website shows 27 properties listed as open, under construction or in development. BPR was founded in 1983 and has acquired and developed more than 100 hotels.

BPR has been active in the hotel market near the airport. In 2022, the Daily Record reported it sold the Home2 Suites by Hilton Jacksonville Airport for $11.5 million. In 2018, a subsidiary of BPR sold the Hyatt Place Jacksonville Airport for $15.4 million.