Current Projects

Here’s what’s underway in Downtown Springdale

The Star on Spring

Estimated Completion: Summer 2025
Located at 101 Spring Street, the nearly 10,000 square ft, historic building is being renovated into an art-deco style Airbnb boutique hotel called The Star on Spring. Featuring 10 Standard/Double rooms, and 3 Luxury Suites, the stylish and spacious rooms will feature upscale comforts and amenities designed for even the most discerning guests.
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Estimated Completion: Summer 2025
Construction of a 77-unit mixed-income apartment at the southeast corner of Emma Avenue and Park Street. 30 units will be permanently reserved for households earning below the area median income in NWA. The complex will include a ground-floor coffee shop. Read more.
“Creating affordable housing is really hard, but Big Emma demonstrates the power and opportunity that exists when nonprofits, the business community, philanthropy, and our cities commit, and act, on a shared priority.” - Duke McClarty, Northwest Arkansas Council

Estimated completion: 2025
The plan for the new, two-story Senior Center calls for an open gathering place, meeting rooms of various sizes, outdoor gathering areas and pickleball courts. Buffalo Builders broke ground on this project on August 6, 2024.

Estimated Completion: 2026
Via will be a 2.54-acre mixed-use development in Downtown Springdale on the 500 block between Emma Avenue and Luther George Park. Via will have approximately 110,000 leasable SF, including 131 residential units and up to 12,500 SF of commercial spaces supporting public and performing arts.

Estimated Completion: Early 2027
Construction of a 5-story boutique-style hotel featuring 129 rooms with a restaurant and outdoor dining next to the Greenway. Part of the Hilton Tapestry Collection, the hotel will be located at 203 E Emma Ave between South Commercial and Spring St. The hotel will offer 107 parking spaces in its lot and more on the street.