A new Hilton Garden Inn hotel is being proposed near the Century Center office complex on Clairmont Road just off Interstate 85 in DeKalb County. The five-story hotel would be developed by Suwanee-based DayBreak Hospitality LLC, and have 156 rooms plus retail/restaurant space, according to plans recently filed with the City of Chamblee.
Launched in 1996, the select service hotel franchise now has over 700 locations worldwide including more than a dozen in metro Atlanta.
The Chamblee hotel would be built on a 2.76 acre site on the east side of Clairmont Road between Century Place and Century Boulevard. The parcel represents the assemblage of 3051, 3063, 3071 and 3081 Clairmont Road. A sales listing on Lands of America, a CoStar Company, indicates the assemblage was being offered for $2.83 million. This imputes a valuation of $1,025,362 per acre.
A sales listing from Bull Realty, who offered the site for sale, indicates that property is currently zoned MU-BC (Mixed Use-Business Center District) and was proposed for multi-family development.
The approximately 115,000 square foot hotel is slated to include approximately 3,952 square feet of meeting space and 3,924 square feet of retail/restaurant space.
There area already a number of hotels in the immediate area including Extended Stay America and Holiday Inn Express (originally a Wingate by Wyndham), each with locations on Clairmont Road, and Marriott with a hotel in Century Center along I-85.
Some neighbors have suggested that the stalled redevelopment at Clairmont & Briarcliff Roads would be a good hotel site but there is no indication that idea would be any more well received than the prior proposal.
The hotel project, which is seeking a number of variances, is scheduled to go before the Chamblee Architectural Review Board Tuesday, December 4.
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