147-Room Hilton Hotel Approved Near New Lenox Crossroads Sports Complex

New Lenox Village Board Meeting | June 8, 2026

Article Summary: The New Lenox Village Board on June 8 approved a site plan and set surety for a 147-room Hilton Home2 Suites/Hampton Inn hotel adjacent to the Crossroads Sports Complex, including a building-code waiver allowing an exterior insulation finish system on most of the building’s walls.

Hilton Hotel Key Points:

• The dual-branded hotel would offer 147 rooms on lot one of the resubdivided Crossroads Sports Complex property.
• The board granted a building-code waiver allowing EIFS (synthetic stucco) on the majority of the building’s walls, with brick accents.
• The developer plans a full-service bar in the lobby — unusual for Hilton’s limited-service brands.
• Parking and landscaping comply with village code and a previously approved PUD that relaxed certain zoning standards.

NEW LENOX — The New Lenox Village Board on Monday, June 8, 2026, approved a site plan for a 147-room Hilton Home2 Suites and Hampton Inn hotel to be built adjacent to the Crossroads Sports Complex, on lot one of the complex’s resubdivision. The board also set surety for the project’s public improvements.

Community Development Director Robin Ellis said village staff had worked with the developer for several months on the site and engineering plans. The hotel’s parking complies with village code based on its room count, and its landscaping complies as well, Ellis said. She noted the board previously approved a PUD granting relief from certain zoning standards, including parking-space sizes, and that the hotel plan is consistent with that approval.

Ellis described a four-sided building designed so that, although a full elevation faces a nearby roadway, only the top floors would be widely visible from that side. In addition to the site plan, the developer requested a building-code waiver to allow an exterior insulation finish system — a synthetic stucco commonly known as EIFS — on the majority of the building’s walls, with brick components included. Ellis said the village’s chief building official did not object so long as the work complies with code, and that the design is typical for hotels in the area.

The developer, Arvin Agarwal, told the board he owns a Hilton Home2 Suites in Bolingbrook and was “really excited” about the New Lenox opportunity. Agarwal said the project began as a smaller hotel concept but grew, with the village’s support, to 147 rooms. He said the hotel would include a full-size bar in the lobby, a feature he said is not typical of Hilton’s limited-service properties. Baldermann said he had toured Agarwal’s Bolingbrook hotel and praised it as a quality property, telling the developer, “We know it’s going to be a great addition to our town.”

The board approved the site plan on a motion by Trustee Bryan Reiser, seconded by Trustee Keith Madsen, in a unanimous roll-call vote. Civil Engineer Will Nash then presented the setting of surety for the hotel’s public improvements; the exact dollar figure could not be confirmed from the available materials and is noted in the Editorial Flags. The surety was approved unanimously.

Plats Cleared the Way

In two related actions, the board approved a final plat for the Crossroads Sports Complex Second Re-Subdivision and a plat of vacation for the complex. Ellis said the resubdivision shifts a property line slightly to the west to give lot one enough area for the hotel’s footprint — an adjustment handled when the developer closed on the property but formalized for consistency. The plat of vacation removes part of the property from utility easements that are no longer needed after utilities were relocated. Both passed in unanimous roll-call votes.

The hotel will be built next to the Crossroads Sports Complex, the village’s sports facility that the recording referenced under a corporate naming arrangement (see Editorial Flags).