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Old 01-05-2017, 02:04 PM
 
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PUNTA GORDA, Fla. — A hotel may replace an empty downtown shopping center that Hurricane Charley destroyed more than a decade ago.

The city is working with a developer to build a five-story, 103-room Marriott Springhill Estates hotel on the City Marketplace property at the corner of West Retta Esplande and Harborside Boulevard.

“A viable development on marketplace property has been a long time coming,” City Manager Howard Kunick said. “That’s the No. 1 property that we get inquiries about from visitors and from residents. When is something going to happen?”

The hotel would be across the street from the Charlotte Harbor Event and Conference Center and within walking distance of shops and restaurants.
Nearby businesses would benefit, said Maria Minaya, who works at the Courtyard Cafe not far from the site.

“We’ve been here for about a year and it’s been slow, but now it’s starting to pick up,” she said. “If the Marriott comes in, then we’re going to be booming and I think that’s great.”

Despite a location near the Four Points Sheraton and the Wyvern Boutique Hotel, Kunick believes enough demand for the Marriott exists to make the project worthwhile.
“Hotels situated together in close proximity is great for conference attraction,” Kunick said.

Representatives for the developer will attend zoning appeals in January and go before City Council in February. If everything is approved, the hotel will be open in a couple of years.


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This should bring a nice local Tax ticket when it is finished. We need the commercial taxes.
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Old 01-05-2017, 06:23 PM
 
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theres 3 hotels now wyvern , 4 seasons. and the one by hurricane charleys will 4 be too many ?
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Old 01-05-2017, 08:12 PM
 
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theres 3 hotels now wyvern , 4 seasons. and the one by hurricane charleys will 4 be too many ?
I don't think so Mike, in season these hotels are full. Marriot has their own following which will bring people in, I don't know if more people is a good thing, but the hotel will sustain. Hopefully they bring in a good restaurant and bar.
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Old 01-06-2017, 05:19 AM
 
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I don't think so Mike, in season these hotels are full. Marriot has their own following which will bring people in, I don't know if more people is a good thing, but the hotel will sustain. Hopefully they bring in a good restaurant and bar.
Agreed. Record setting visitors coming in via Punta Gorda Airport in 2016.
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Old 01-06-2017, 06:49 AM
 
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Agreed. Record setting visitors coming in via Punta Gorda Airport in 2016.
ya is that a good thing? I never saw or heard planes when I moved here
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Old 01-06-2017, 11:56 AM
 
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The Marriott hotel will be good for the city because of the taxes it will bring.

It will not bring school children to our schools.

The call for services will be easily handled by the tax load.

That big open field in the middle of town looks terrible. A nice hotel will fill it well.
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Old 01-06-2017, 01:47 PM
 
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ya is that a good thing? I never saw or heard planes when I moved here
Great point... not so sure it is!
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Old 01-11-2017, 11:26 PM
 
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Almost all tax revenue goes to the County. They kick just a little back to city for utilities, I believe.
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Old 01-13-2017, 07:55 PM
 
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That big open field in the middle of town looks terrible. A nice hotel will fill it well.
yes ever sence charly blew down the beals its been an eyesore
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