(Valparaiso, Indiana)- Focus Development, Inc. has officially broken ground for a new Splash Universe Waterpark and 86 additional guestrooms at their Holiday Inn Express located adjacent to Cabela’s in Dundee, Michigan. The twenty-six million dollar hotel and waterpark will offer travelers a new place to stay and play when it opens in the fall of 2006. Features of the hotel and waterpark include spacious suites designed to accommodate larger groups and families, guest laundry, arcade and game room, party rooms, food and beverage concessions and a gift shop.
The 53,198 square foot waterpark facility has 21,000 square feet of dedicated waterpark play areas including a three-story themed play tower dumping 1,000 gallons of water every ten minutes, two waterslides each 250 feet long, a relaxing lazy-river inner tube ride that meanders throughout the park, themed slides and a shallow pool with creative interactive water toys for the younger kids, water cannons and “water walk” appealing to older children and two hydrotherapy spas, one exclusively for adults.
The room addition will bring the total room count to 163 with approximately half of the rooms being family suites with bunk beds for the children. The additional rooms and the Splash Universe Waterpark will have a theme consistent with the original hotel and Cabela’s outdoor experience. The waterpark facility will be connected to the existing and new hotel buildings via elevated walkways.
Focus Development, Inc. was recently named the North American Developer of the Year by the InterContinental Hotels Group, parent company of Holiday Inn Express. Under the leadership of Jerald J. Good, the Focus Group of companies owns and operates 20 hotels in the Midwest. With offices in Valparaiso, Indiana and Sarasota, Florida, Focus Development, Inc. is a real estate development and construction company with several projects in various stages of development including the exciting new waterpark Splash Universe. Focus Hospitality Services, LLC is a full service management company specializing in select and full-service hotels, waterparks and convention centers. The Focus family of companies employs nearly 400 exceptional people through their PEO, Hospitality Employee Resources.
