A new hotel located at 111 Garrison Village Dr. will be part of the Hyatt Hotel family’s line of boutique hotels.
Set to open in spring 2026, the Clayfield Hotel will feature 60 rooms and 42 vacation rental apartments in the buildings behind the hotel, said Adam Hawley, vice president of Traditional Neighbourhood Developments.
“We’re very excited to be partnering with Hyatt and for all the benefits and expertise that they bring,” he told The Lake Report, which learned of the Hyatt-Village partnership — previously kept tight-lipped — after receiving an email tip from a resident.
This group of hotels, called the Unbound Collection, features a handful of “very unique boutique hotels around the world that are part of the Hyatt family,” Hawley said.
The hotel will not be owned by Hyatt but instead will function as a franchise.
“We are the owners and developers of it — it’s not going to be owned by Hyatt or anybody else,” Hawley said.
All 102 rooms at the Clayfield will be booked through the hotel, he said. The 42 vacation apartments will be larger than the hotel rooms and feature a kitchenette.
The hotel’s unique name was chosen to reflect its place in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
“The name Clayfield was inspired by the rich soils that are so integral to the town’s proud agricultural heritage and the culture of creativity that is evident throughout life in Niagara,” Hawley said in an email.
The hotel, which will also feature a restaurant, will sit beside the up-and-coming Foodland grocery store at the Village Centre, next to the Garrison House.
Set to open late next year, the Foodland store is currently under construction at the site.
Site plans for the grocery store and the hotel, which include up to 60 rooms and several small vacation apartments, were approved in September 2022, with documents from the town of NOTL showing a total of 16 buildings of various sizes, a central plaza and parking for 388 cars.
The hotel itself was initially proposed at a public meeting back in 2018.
The hotel lands had been zoned for commercial development since the Village subdivision was approved more than 25 years ago.
Hawley said more information on the hotel’s development is to be released gradually.
