Discount Tire, Marriott coming to Chemawa Station

By Danielle Harrison

Smoke Signals editor

Two new tenants are coming to the Tribe’s Chemawa Station development in Keizer: Discount Tire and Fairfield Inn by Marriott.

The four-story, 92-room hotel is currently under construction and is being developed by Damon Kluck and Scott Knox. The two are real estate developers from Bend. Both the hotel and the tire store will be on the southern end of the property. The northern end is currently leased to Chick-Fil-A and 7-Eleven.

The Tribe co-owns the 14-acre Chemawa Station with the Siletz Tribe. The development is located between Chemawa Road Northeast and the Keizer water tower.

The hotel is expected to open in mid-2026 and the tire store potentially by late 2026.

The new leases were discussed during a recent Legislative Action Committee meeting.

“We’re moving forward to the next phase of leasing out our properties and are really excited about that,” Tribal Council member and Chemawa Station Board member Lisa Leno said. “We also have some really exciting potential leases that we can’t share now but hopefully within the next month.”  

Chemawa Station Co-Executive Officer and Tribal Council Chief of Staff Stacia Hernandez said that the second phase of development will include five parcels and a community gathering area. Two of the parcels are still available and one will be retained by LLC ownership.

“The two available/undeveloped sites call for a carwash and brewery in the masterplan but that could change with potential other opportunities,” she said in an email. “The tenant mix is important and the target list includes quick service restaurants with drive-throughs and sit-down, medical (and) personal care services such as hair and nails.”

In January 2020, the Grand Ronde Tribal Council approved a lease with 7-Eleven Inc. to build a convenience store at Chemawa Station. In February 2021, the Keizer City Council unanimously approved a plan for Georgia-based fast food restaurant chain Chick-fil-A to build its seventh Oregon eatery at the site.

The Federal Highway Administration transferred ownership of the 15.7-acre Chemawa Station property to the Grand Ronde and Siletz Tribes under the Indian Self-Determination Act in 2002. Ground was officially broken on the site in December 2019.

• Includes information from the Keizertimes newspaper