By Eric Curl
Sept. 9, 2022 – A Richmond Hill-based developer is planning to construct a 5-story hotel on Savannah’s Southside at 6203 Abercorn St., where an office building is currently located, according to permitting documents submitted for the project.
A recently submitted development plan includes the demolition of one of two office buildings on the site to construct a 108-room hotel, as described in a letter submitted along with the project plan from Savannah-based Maupin Engineering.
Another structure, the Fred Williams office building, would remain on the three-parcel site, while the other two parcels would be combined for the hotel. The hotel would share 25 parking spaces with the office building, while 83 spaces would be dedicated to the hotel.
The office building being demolitshed dates back to 1978, according to the property record.
The application indicates the property is now owned by Richmond Hill-based PSM Hospitality. The project’s applicant, Jitan Patel, did not respond to an email sent on Sept. 8 regarding the project. Patel did not return a phone call in time for publication, when reached at 11 a.m. on Sept. 9.
There are multiple hotels located in the project area near Savannah Technical College, including one a block south of the property and three others about a block to the north. To the immediate west of the project site, along White Bluff Road, a former Homewood Suites extended stay hotel is being converted into an apartment building, The Spoke.
The project comes after another plan was recently submitted to convert office space for hotel use. The historic Manger building overlooking downtown Savannah’s Johnson Square is also being converted from an office building back into a hotel, which it originally operated as, according to a plan approved by the Savannah City Council last month.
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