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Corpus Christi developer plans extended stay hotel east of downtown

A vacant lot across the street from Sunset Station east of downtown may soon be home to a new extended stay hotel, according to a document recently released on the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation's website.

Plans call for an 87-room Candlewood Suites at 1211 E. Commerce St., which is next to 13th Floor Haunted Houses. The plot has been owned by project developer RGB Hospitality Management since April 2016. Based in Corpus Christi, RGB Hospitality is a hotel development and management company that does most of its business in and around Corpus. Along with a 60-car parking garage, the plans state that Houston-based MCS Architects LLC is designing the project and that it will cost an estimated $4.5 million. Work is set to begin on the new hotel in March 2019, with a projected opening in June 2020.

RGB Hospitality also owns a Hampton Inn & Suites in northeast San Antonio at 6718 N. Interstate 35. The company has never developed or managed a Candlewood Suites, according to RGB Hospitality's website. Candlewood Suites is described as a budget-friendly, extended stay hotel.

Attempts to reach RGB Hospitality for comment were unsuccessful.