Hilton Garden Inn Proposed for Camden Waterfront

Yesterday the New York Times took note of the proposed Hilton Garden Inn on the Camden Waterfront ("In a faded city, plans to build a hotel build hope," by Kareem Fahim).

On April 10th, the Courier Post wrote about this project, in "Camden may get Hilton hotel," by Eileen Stilwell.

According to the Courier Post:

PRA plans to build a five-story hotel with 140 rooms, an indoor swimming pool, small fitness center and meeting space with catering capabilities. It will not have a full-service restaurant, which is good news for the Victor Pub, Twenty Horse Tavern and other existing eateries.

In the Times:

The five-story hotel, with an indoor pool, would cater to several different kinds of travelers, Mr. [Thomas P] Corcoran [president of the Cooper's Ferry Development Association] said, including business people and visitors to Campbell Soup, Cooper University Hospital and Rutgers University’s satellite campus here. The developers also hope to lure families visiting the waterfront’s entertainment attractions, as well as visitors to a new convention center in Philadelphia, where hotel rooms can cost far more than the Hilton’s planned rate of $125 per night. Mr. Corcoran said that rock stars playing the concert hall, the Susquehanna Bank Center, usually stay at the Four Seasons in Philadelphia, but their road crews could stay at the proposed Hilton.

satellite campus???! I beg to differ!! 5,000 students is not a satellite campus.

A hotel would be a welcome addition to the city for a number of reasons, as Mr. Corcoran says, plus the convenience of having candidates for local jobs stay in town instead of having to drive them in from Philadelphia or Cherry Hill.