ESA plans latest Florida project
US: Extended Stay America (ESA) is planning to open a 124-key property on Interchange Boulevard in Ormond Beach, Florida.
ESA says the property will focus on long-term
stays for those visiting local colleges, hospitals or relatives.
Each suite in the four-star hotel will have a kitchen, and rates
will be about $100 per night.
It would be located at 175 Interchange Blvd., south of the present
Baymont Inn, where a neighbourhood meeting to get feedback from
nearby residents on the project was held last week.
The site is owned by Charles Wayne Properties and a local
investment group. ESA has a contract to buy the land if all
permitting is received.
The Planning Board will consider the hotel development on January
10 and then it will appear before the City Commission in two
readings.
The hotel is a permitted usage for the now-wooded area. The only
reason city approval is necessary is that the developer requested a
Planned Business Development so that fewer parking spaces can be
provided than required in the city code. The parking spaces will be
reduced from 186 to 137.
The average stay in the new property is expected to be will be 21
to 24 nights but one-night stays will be accepted.
Charles Lichtigman, of Charles Wayne Properties, said long-term
stays are needed in the area. "It's an amenity for the community,"
he said.