Hotel plans submitted as neighborhoods seek ban

Nov. 9, 2025 – Two hotel projects are on the Metropolitan Planning Commission’s Nov. 18 meeting agenda, although one of them will likely be continued to January at the petitioner’s request.

The hotel plans were submitted as three historic neighborhoods on the outskirts of downtown seek to prohibit hotels from being developed in their communities. A proposed hotel overlay district that would do just that is expected to go before the Savannah City Council on Nov. 25 after the Historic Preservation Commission recommended approval last month. The proposed hotels are both located in the historic Thomas Square neighborhood, which is seeking the overlay’s protections along with Cuyler-Brownville and Victorian communities.

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2505 Abercorn St.

Local architect Jerome Elder submitted a special use permit application for a 16- to 74-room hotel on local developer and MPC board member Jeff Notrica’s properties at Abercorn and East 41st Street in the Thomas Square Streetcar Historic District.

The parcels on the north and south sides of 41st Street between Drayton and Abercorn include a closed bank and an unused parking lot.

The meeting agenda says the petitioner has requested to continue the application’s consideration to the January 2026 meeting.

Elder said the details of the project are still being worked out and they will be meeting with neighborhood residents to discuss the plan and gather input prior to the January meeting.

Notrica’s additional petition to use the parcels as a paid parking facility remains on the agenda.

2512 Habersham St.

Local developer Michael Condon is also seeking a special-use permit to establish a small hotel with 21 rooms at Habersham and East 42nd street in Thomas Square. A historic three-story building dating to 1930, currently classified for office use, sits on the site. It previously housed the Ash Tree nonprofit before the youth intervention organization moved to 1010 E 36th St. about three years ago.

The full meeting agenda and other upcoming meetings can be found at Meeting Agendas Archives – Savannah Agenda.

Editor’s note: This article was updated following publication to include Elder’s comments.

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