New Hyatt House Hotel Opens at Campus Pointe, Completing Master Plan
A 91,433 square foot Hyatt House hotel had its ribbon cutting on December 5, 2025 across from the Save Mart Center, marking completion of the Campus Pointe master plan. The four story, 138 room property includes a 4,300 square foot conference center and several amenities that expand lodging and event capacity for Fresno State and the wider community.
Campus Pointe added its final major component on December 5 when the new Hyatt House opened at the corner of Shaw and Chestnut avenues, directly across from the Save Mart Center. The 91,433 square foot, four story hotel features 138 condo like rooms, a 4,300 square foot conference center, a fitness center, swimming pool, breakfast space and a bar and grill called H Bar. Developers broke ground on the project in September 2023, and the hotel now anchors the mixed use site adjacent to campus.
The hotel is a practical addition for an area already oriented toward university and entertainment traffic. The conference center creates space for business meetings, academic gatherings and small conventions, while the 138 rooms increase local supply during high demand windows driven by events at the Save Mart Center and Fresno State. For residents and local businesses, that translates into more customers for area restaurants, catering services and transportation providers during busy weekends and special events.
Hyatt House completes a master plan that originated more than two decades ago and was shaped by recommendations led by Fresno State Professor Jim Aldridge. The plan called for student housing, workforce housing, senior housing, an entertainment center and a hotel. Campus Pointe now includes 530 units of mixed housing and a 16 screen Maya Cinemas that opened in 2015, with the hotel finalizing the original vision.
From an economic perspective, the project reflects broader trends in college town development where mixed use projects cluster housing, entertainment and hospitality to capture event driven spending. The hotel adds scale to Fresno County hospitality capacity at a time when universities and regional venues are pursuing more on campus programming and off campus partnerships. The conference center size suggests a focus on small to mid sized meetings rather than large conventions, aligning with the market created by campus events and regional business travel.
Local officials and business owners will be watching occupancy and event bookings in the months ahead to gauge the hotel contribution to hotel tax receipts and downtown economic activity. For Fresno State students, staff and area residents, the completed Campus Pointe now offers a fuller mix of housing, entertainment and lodging that closes a planning loop begun two decades ago.
