New restaurants, hotel will complement Mill project

A $20 million development along Miss. Highway 12's frontage area will soon hold a seven-space retail center and a full-service, 117-bed Holiday Inn, Cotton Mill Marketplace Developer Mark Nicholas confirmed Tuesday to aldermen.

The project will transform the area next to the Mill at MSU development, which itself aims to transform the historic E.E. Cooley Building into a conference center and construct a hotel, and complement the project, Nicholas said. It, along with The Mill at MSU project, will completely redevelop the Russell Street-Miss. Highway 12 corridor, a tract of land officials call the front door to the university.

Construction is set to begin immediately. The retail space should be completed by late 2014, Nicholas said, while the hotel will take about a year to build.

Nicholas confirmed three chain restaurants, including Hungry Howie's Pizza, Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches and Salsarita's Fresh Cantina, have committed to the project. He stopped short of identifying other potential retailers but did say at least one boutique clothier would located within the Cotton Mill Marketplace development.

The project is still two retailers short of 100 percent occupancy, Nicholas said, but developers will continue to aggressively market the remaining openings.

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New restaurants, hotel will complement Mill project