New Hotel in Brooklyn?

[The_Choose_1]

I heard over the weekend that next door to the 220 Apartment building a new Hotel is going to be built. Has anyone heard what chain of Hotel is coming?

[The_Choose_1]

Thanks!

[Wacca Pilatka]

I can't remember the name of the chain but it was going to be one of the new health-oriented chains that serves healthy foods and offers extensive exercise options.

[ProjectMaximus]

They PR and promoted Even Hotels (IHG brand focused on wellness) or maybe they said it would be something LIKE that.

[thelakelander]

I'm not in position to post it but I wrote an article about this project a few months back. It should be in the development section.

[Ajax]

The building that was on the hotel site (had a strange paint job and looked like a daycare) was demolished last week. 

[downtownbrown]

https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=544330

this old article references the hotel at the last few paragraphs.

[The_Choose_1]

Well a hotel in this area is a wonderful idea. And I hope it gets built and is a name brand hotel. AC Hotels by Marriott would be cool.  Home2 by Hilton or Element by Westin.

[thelakelander]

http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2014-nov-new-even-hotel-chain-eyeing-downtown-jax

[Kay]

There are some great old buildings along Park St. in Brooklyn that I'd hate to see demolished.  Sure wish Coley had an appreciation for human-scale old buildings.

[thelakelander]

It would be nice to see at least decent urban corridor in the heart of Jax with a great mix of old and new. Park Street definitely has some decent bones to play with.

[The_Choose_1]

Looking at that Even Hotel video looks a lot like the Element by Westin or even Home2 by Hilton. Bring it on Brooklyn has come alive and with the New YMCA being built as we speak. Its about time Jacksonville catches up to the other great cities in Florida like Orlando, Tampa and South Florida in general. 

[downtownbrown]

DIA doesn't talk about this much, but their vision is to continue the momentum created in Brooklyn and extend it through Lavilla and on to Springfield, thus creating a circle around the Core, that then, according to the vision, gradually fills in.  It would create the sort of "Midtown" that you see in most cities that were once gentrified and gradually reclaimed, and ultimately becomes expensive and desirable.

[mtraininjax]

Brooklyn is all about something new, why try and squeeze the square peg (nice hotel) into a round hole (old worn-out building look)? Keep with the look of Brooklyn and build a new structure, then throw the graffiti and downtown meters all around it to give it that downtown look.

We don't need 18 different designs in this area. Stay consistent and stick to the plan.