Rendering Hospitality · Independence, Michigan
Home2 Suites by Hilton A four-story, extended-stay hotel bringing the Home2 prototype to a landscaped, water-adjacent site in Independence, Michigan.
The project
A brand-standard extended-stay hotel, tuned to its Michigan site.
Paper Plane Architecture is designing a new Home2 Suites by Hilton in Independence, Michigan — a four-story, extended-stay hotel that adapts Hilton's Home2 prototype to a specific site and program. The building places guest floors above a ground level of shared amenities, with an entry canopy, outdoor gathering patio, and landscaped parking wrapping a water-adjacent parcel.
The design carries the Home2 brand identity — its signage, massing rhythm, and material palette of light stucco, warm stone, and charcoal accents — while resolving the site planning, code, accessibility, and construction detailing needed to build it. The project has reached 90% construction documents and has secured Hilton brand approval; it now awaits final owner and municipal approvals.
- Brand
- Home2 Suites by Hilton
- Location
- Independence, Michigan
- Type
- Extended-stay hotel (new build)
- Stories
- 4
- Rooms
- 91 keys — plan shows 101; confirm
- Footprint
- ~17,400 SF (gross area: {{ … }})
- Parking
- 101 spaces
- Scope
- Architecture & site design; Hilton brand compliance
- Status
- 90% CDs · Hilton approved · owner & city pending
The approach
Prototype discipline, site-specific execution.
Extended-stay guests settle in for longer visits, so the ground floor does the heavy lifting: lobby and gathering areas, a market and breakfast servery, fitness, an indoor pool, guest laundry, and a meeting room, all arranged around the arrival sequence. The upper floors stack an efficient, repeatable mix of king studios, queen/queen studios, and one-bedroom suites along a single double-loaded corridor.
Working within Hilton's Home2 standards, our role is to make the prototype real on this parcel — coordinating site access and parking, accessibility, life-safety and egress, structure, and envelope so the building can move cleanly from documents into construction once approvals land.
Where the project stands
Design progress
The design is documented and brand-approved, with owner and municipal sign-offs the remaining steps before construction.
Exterior renderings
The building in its setting
Design renderings of the proposed hotel across times of day — approach, entry, and the water-adjacent elevations.
Guest program
Everything an extended stay needs
Indoor pool
A year-round pool off the ground-floor amenity core.
Fitness center
Equipped fitness room adjacent to the lobby.
Gathering & market
Lobby, gathering area, and grab-and-go market.
Breakfast servery
Food-prep and servery supporting the daily breakfast.
Meeting room
A flexible meeting room for guests and small groups.
Guest laundry
Self-serve laundry for longer stays.
Outdoor seating & BBQ
Covered patio, outdoor seating, and a BBQ area.
TV lounge
A relaxed lounge off the main gathering space.
Accessible suites
ADA-accessible rooms distributed across unit types.
Floor plans
Amenity base, repeatable rooms above
Unit mix shown per the current site plan. Please confirm the final key count and mix before publishing.
Site plan
Building, parking & approach
What it demonstrates
Brand hospitality, delivered site by site.
Home2 Suites — Independence shows Paper Plane Architecture's ability to take a national hospitality brand's prototype and carry it through design, brand approval, and full construction documentation on a real, constrained site.
It reflects the coordination hospitality work demands: brand-standard guest experience, an efficient repeatable room floor, a complete ground-floor amenity program, accessible design, and site planning that satisfies both the operator and the municipality.