Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, October 7, 2015, 1:46 PM
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Council picks Encinitas developer for downtown hotel
Original post made on Oct 7, 2015
Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, October 7, 2015, 1:46 PM
Comments (15)
Posted by Hmm
a resident of Monta Loma
on Oct 7, 2015 at 2:40 pm
a resident of Monta Loma
on Oct 7, 2015 at 2:40 pm
"Siegel's complaint was supported by fellow council members Pat Showalter and Ken Rosenberg."
Hmm, yet only Inks vote against it, how come?
By the time this gets build it will be in the 300million dollar range.
Posted by Reader
a resident of Waverly Park
on Oct 7, 2015 at 2:59 pm
a resident of Waverly Park
on Oct 7, 2015 at 2:59 pm
Is the 53,000 sq ft of office space part of the hotel or an adjacent building? I'm confused how a bid to build a hotel includes office space.
Can the Voice provide a link for more information about this development?
Posted by eric
a resident of another community
on Oct 7, 2015 at 3:06 pm
a resident of another community
on Oct 7, 2015 at 3:06 pm
Will this INCREASE available public parking or take away? If I were a restaurant owner that had paid into the downtown parking district I'd be looking at a lawsuit against the city for failing to deliver.
Its easier for me to drive to Palo Alto and actually find parking than it is to go to downtown MV now.
Posted by Reader
a resident of another community
on Oct 7, 2015 at 4:01 pm
a resident of another community
on Oct 7, 2015 at 4:01 pm
@eric:
It's covered in the article:
"Robert Green's winning proposal is for a 180-room hotel and underground garages with 385 parking spaces, or about 230 more stalls than are currently available."
Posted by Geek
a resident of Sylvan Park
on Oct 7, 2015 at 4:41 pm
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a resident of Sylvan Park
on Oct 7, 2015 at 4:41 pm
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Reader:"180-room hotel and underground garages with 385 parking spaces, or about 230 more stalls than are currently available."
Subtract the parking that will be occupied by hotel residents, hotel employees, employees of 53,000-square foot office building. I do not think 230 stalls will cover the difference.
Posted by Reader
a resident of another community
on Oct 7, 2015 at 5:44 pm
a resident of another community
on Oct 7, 2015 at 5:44 pm
Maybe, maybe not.
Most hotel parking garages are lightly occupied during the day by hotel guest vehicles. This is when a large number of slots would be used by hotel employees and the office workers. At night, when the hotel guests return, many of those vehicles would be gone.
It's worth noting that including a housing development put a different demand on parking; the parking usage by residents would closely match that of the hotel guests, plus there might be more than one vehicle per housing unit. Personally, I would have rather seen housing instead of offices, but you can't please everyone 100% of the the time.
It's worth pointing out that a luxury hotel at 90% weekday occupancy would generate a sizable amount of revenue to the city in terms of transient occupancy tax.
Anyhow, I've stayed at a few Joie de Vivre hotels and the brand makes sense as a premium hotel offering for downtown Mountain View.
Posted by dc
a resident of Sylvan Park
on Oct 7, 2015 at 7:44 pm
a resident of Sylvan Park
on Oct 7, 2015 at 7:44 pm
180-room hotel and underground garages with 385 parking spaces.
The guess will need some service so some maintenance workers might have cars or use the transit system. 180 + 40 + 35000 / 200 per office = 395 or no lunch time parking and some after dinner parking.
Developers are not dumb, each space = $$$ rent fees. if you do not request parking for daytime they will not build it.
Posted by Garrett
a resident of another community
on Oct 8, 2015 at 7:12 am
a resident of another community
on Oct 8, 2015 at 7:12 am
Lots of older outdated small office buildings can be demolished for housings along with those crappy motels.
Posted by Hank Santini
a resident of Castro City
on Oct 8, 2015 at 7:23 am
a resident of Castro City
on Oct 8, 2015 at 7:23 am
How many acres is the site? Does anyone know?
Posted by Abby
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Oct 8, 2015 at 7:56 am
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Oct 8, 2015 at 7:56 am
Where exactly is this hotel going to be?
Posted by Reader
a resident of another community
on Oct 8, 2015 at 8:30 am
a resident of another community
on Oct 8, 2015 at 8:30 am
The hotel would replace city Parking Lot 4, Hope Street at Villa.
Web Link
The parking lot across the street (Lot 8) would become the office complex.
Posted by Hank Santini
a resident of Castro City
on Oct 8, 2015 at 8:35 am
a resident of Castro City
on Oct 8, 2015 at 8:35 am
Yes, everyone, but how big is the site? 1 acre? 2 acres? 10 acres? 20 acres?
Posted by Reader
a resident of another community
on Oct 8, 2015 at 9:59 am
a resident of another community
on Oct 8, 2015 at 9:59 am
The City Council study session memo indicates that Lot 4 (where the hotel is slated to be located) is 1.1 acres. Lot 8 across the street (where the office building is slated to be build) is 0.65 acres.
Study Session memo: Web Link
Posted by David
a resident of Waverly Park
on Oct 9, 2015 at 1:40 pm
a resident of Waverly Park
on Oct 9, 2015 at 1:40 pm
Was way more excited about Virgin Hotel coming downtown. Why did that get killed and this went through?
Posted by Name hidden
a resident of Sylvan Park
on Sep 25, 2017 at 1:28 pm
a resident of Sylvan Park
on Sep 25, 2017 at 1:28 pm
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