Hotel Proposed for South Union Street
Carr Hospitality applies with the city to develop a 121-room hotel on the waterfront.
Carr Hospitality is making a bid to develop a parcel of South Union Street land into a hotel and garage while opponents of hotels on the waterfront seek to delay action on it. Carr has applied with the city to demolish the existing warehouse at 220 S. Union St. and build a 59-foot high, boutique hotel. “We feel that our proposal for a 121-room hotel on S. Union Street is compatible with the Alexandria Waterfront Plan,” Carr Hospitality President Austin Flajser said via email to Patch. “One of the major concerns we have heard regards the overall density proposed in the Waterfront Plan, and a desire to instead review projects on a case-by-case basis, based on their individual merit. …We are moving forward with a plan for site-specific …
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teddy
8:04 pm on Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Yes, right across the street is a parking garage so no one's view will be impacted. I am more worried about the nastiness toward each other (who are our neighbors) illustrated by the tone and content of Mcbrinn's comments than I am by the hotel. I look forward to a hotel on that site in light of what is there now and I live in Waterford and drive through the King and Union Street intersection … more ›