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pic from: Galo Properties


Off of Pantheon and 281. Originally the blue building was an office building but now they are looking to have an extended stay Four Points. I know someone mentioned the site before. Both are set to be 6 floors each although a HP resident was concerned that a fire truck ladder couldn't reach the top if there were a fire.

From ClickitSA.com

Hollywood Park considering plans for new hotel
Thursday, 23 October 2008
By Robert Goetz
Staff Writer
Two Four Points by Sheraton hotels are in Hollywood Park’s future, both of them on the same site.

The City Council last December approved a special-use permit that allowed a Four Points by Sheraton Hotel, which is part of Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc., in a “B” zoning district.

The 130-room, six-story facility will sit on a 3.73-acre parcel at U.S. Highway 281 and Pantheon Way and is scheduled to open in December 2009.

Last week the city’s Zoning Commission unanimously approved a special-use permit for the second Four Points hotel, which will be built next to the first one, close to the Pantheon Way-Arden Oaks intersection. Council was expected to consider the permit request at its meeting this week.

Walter Busby, president and chief operating officer of developer Galo Properties, said the second facility, an extended-stay hotel, will not exceed six floors and will have 88 rooms. The first hotel will accommodate overnight guests and will offer more amenities such as a restaurant, a fitness center and an outdoor heated swimming pool.

“We’re trying to get an economy of scale and have the same staff serve both hotels,” he said.

Zoning Commissioner Patrick Fetzer asked that the second hotel’s height not exceed that of the first one, a stipulation he included in his motion. The first hotel’s height was an issue last year when one resident feared the Hollywood Park Fire Department’s ladder truck might not adequately serve the structure.

Another commission member, Nard Tollette, echoed Fetzer’s concern about the second hotel’s height.

“It’s a pretty tall structure,” he said. “The height is excessive.”

City Secretary Barbara Haddock told the commission that neighbors within 200 feet of the structure were notified about the special-use permit request, but that nobody responded.

“We did not receive anything from anyone,” she said.

Galo Properties’ original plan called for a 15,000-square-foot office building where the second Four Points by Sheraton Hotel will stand.