WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? 6-storey hotel rising on Hwy. 7 in Woodbridge

InterContinental Hotels Group avid brand hotel being built at Vaughan, Brampton border

Yorkregion.com
Oct. 2, 2020
Adam Martin-Robbins

Travellers visiting Vaughan will soon have another place to rest their weary heads.

JUST THE FACTS

• The six-storey hotel is being built at 6800 Hwy. 7, a 1.58-acre site at the northeast corner of Hwy. 50, in Woodbridge.

• The 3,314-square-foot hotel is expected to feature 119 rooms, an indoor pool, outdoor patio, 114 parking spaces for vehicles and eight bike parking spaces, according to the City of Vaughan.

• The new hotel, under InterContinental Hotels Group's new avid brand, is projected to open in 2021

• Avid brand hotels cater to so-called "mid-scale" travellers by delivering the basics "done exceptionally well at a fair price", according to the company’s website.

• Guests can expect a high quality mattress, rooms designed to help reduce noise, built-in work spaces as well as a "high-quality", complimentary grab-and-go breakfast with brand-name options, rather than a hot, cooked breakfast, the company says.