Property Overview:
The Econo Lodge Effingham is a 65-room, two-story, exterior corridor hotel built in 1977. Well-equipped with numerous common area and guest room amenities, this limited-service economy hotel offers spacious guest rooms that come furnished with a microwave, refrigerator, desk, and flat-screen television with premium channels. Additionally, some common area amenities the hotel has to offer consist of an outdoor pool and self-service laundry facilities.
Location Overview:
Effingham, Illinois is a city located in Effingham County in the central region of the state, 80 miles south of Champaign and 100 east of St. Louis. The Econo Lodge Effingham is superbly positioned on West Fayette Avenue, near Interstate 70. With the city’s major employers and popular revenue generators in close proximity to the property, this sought-after hotel benefits from many key industries of the city which include healthcare and social assistance, manufacturing, and retail trade. Patterson Technology Center and Heartland Dental, two of the city’s largest employers, are located approximately three miles from the hotel and are prime revenue drivers for the surrounding area. Other major employers that are responsible for a significant portion of the workforce include FedEx Distribution (1.2 miles), Sherwin-Williams Company Distribution Center (1.5 miles), Stevens Industries Incorporated (1.7 miles), and Quad Graphics (2.2 miles). Revenue generators in the area, like Village Square Mall (2.1 miles) and My Garage Corvette Museum and Retail Store (4.3 miles) help bring additional revenue to the hotel through an increase in transient business. Extra demand drivers for the city include Effingham City Park (1.9 miles) and Effingham County Memorial Airport (4.5 miles).
