hospitality founded 1973 headquarters creve coeur missouri u.s. 1 key people charles l. drury jr. ceo 2 products hotels revenue 514 million 2015 3 number of employees 4 631 2016 3 website www.druryhotels.com drury hotels llc is an american hospitality company which operates a chain of mid scale limited service hotels 1 under the brands drury inn and suites its flagship brand drury inn drury suites drury plaza hotel and pear tree inn . 3 the chain operates 130 locations in 21 states as of 2016 . 4 it is wholly owned by the drury family and is headquartered in st. louis missouri . 3 contents 1 history 2 renovation of historic buildings 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was founded by the sons of lambert drury a farmer who lost his farm during the great depression and then founded a plastering company . 5 the drury development corporation was founded in 1959 . the drury family built its first hotel a holiday inn in 1962 in cape girardeau missouri . the family started drury hotels in 1973 and built its first drury inn in sikeston missouri . 5 the drury hotels company operates non drury hotels as well . 6 in the 1990s the chain introduced a third brand thrifty inn . 7 the drury inn & suites in valdosta georgia one of the founders james drury died on march 17 2008 in cape girardeau missouri . 8 a second founder robert drury died on november 28 2013 in san antonio . 5 9 as of 2016 drury hotels has received the j.d. power & associates award for highest guest satisfaction in upper midscale hotels for 11 straight years the longest running streak in the category . 10 11 renovation of historic buildings edit the chain has purchased several historic buildings for renovation as hotels . 4 12 historic buildings that the chain has renovated into hotels include the former cleveland board of education building in cleveland originally built in 1931 13 the former city public service building originally built in 1921 14 and the former alamo national bank building originally built in 1929 15 in san antonio ; a luxury hotel in wichita kansas originally built in 1922 16 a former sisters of charity dormitory and hospital in santa fe originally built in 1910 and the early 1950s ; 17 and three st. louis properties originally built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries . 4 the former federal reserve building in pittsburgh is as of 2016 update under renovation to become a 200 room hotel and scheduled to open in 2017 . 18 19 it also plans to renovate the former first financial centre building in milwaukee 20 and the former indianapolis business journal building in indianapolis which dates to 1924 . 21 references edit a b staff 24 july 2013 . drury hotels wins j.d. power award . st. louis post dispatch . retrieved 31 july 2014 . company overview of drury hotels company llc bloomberg a b c d 37 drury hotels co. llc a b c about drury a b c bob drury part owner of drury hotels ceo of drury southwest dies . retrieved 2013 12 07 . tom neumeyer ; frank nickell ; joel p. rhodes 2004 . historic cape giardeau an illustrated history . san antonio texas the cape girardeau chamber of commerce . pp. 116 118 . 1 893619 39 7 . jakle john a. ; sculle keith a. ; rogers jefferson s. 1996 . the motel in america . johns hopkins university press . p. 217 . isbn 0 8018 5383 4 . james drury obituary . retrieved 2013 12 07 . robert drury obituary . retrieved 2013 12 07 . j.d. power ranks hotel brands for guest satisfaction usa today hotel guest satisfaction index finds ritz carlton omni hotels as most satisfying forbes developers are turning rust belt hulks into luxury hotels drury plaza hotel opens in former cleveland board of education building after stunning renovation history of drury inn & suites san antonio riverwalk history of drury plaza hotel san antonio riverwalk drury plaza hotel broadview retrieved 27 september 2016 . old buildings get new life in santa fe drury hotels plans to open new hotel in downtown pittsburgh in mid 2016 drury 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