Another New Hotel Under Construction
Site plan for new Best Western that’s under construction
Prince George, B.C. – The sign has been posted near Westgate and highway 16, there is a Best Western Hotel under construction.
This is an $8.8 million dollar project which features a four storey 93 unit hotel.
The hotel itself will have an indoor pool, childrens playground, outdoor pool patio, 121 parking stalls, ( including one stall for an electric vehicle) a bocce ball court, storm water retention pond that will be a feature for waterfowl and plenty of buffer area as a screen between the hotel project and residential neighbours.
The foundation for the hotel is already being poured.
This project did not have to go before Prince George City Council as the property was already properly zoned and there was an existing motel on the site.
This is not the first time Best Western has planned a new hotel in the city. A few years ago, there was a proposal for a major hotel to be built on the Exhibition Grounds., but that proposal didn’t come to fruition.
Best Western Hotels are operated by independent owners and operators but must be developed to meet a strict set of guidelines set out by Best Western to ensure the properties meet (or exceed) the expectations of guests.
Comments
Will they have to do road improvements? Lighting and a sidewalk?
That is where the problem lies. This area has had complaints for years to the city in regard to road maintenance, traffic (heavy and light) and pedestrians since Westgate was put in years ago.
The developers do not have to worry about any of their frontage. There is a so=called Future City of PG pedestrian/bike path plan. LOL
This area is congested enough as it is especially with city and school bus stops. Semi’s etc. also go that road from the malls in the area.
The last time I talked to the city planning they were stumped on how they are going to resolve that area due to slopes, width of road etc to put in any type of sidewalk. Ian Wells even mentioned they looked at the option of going through some of the bush in that area which they can’t do due to private property etc.
Don’t get me wrong Will be nice to have another motel in the city but the planning in my opinion is bad to say the least. There are also the new multi family units going in beside them.
Bad road infrastructure/layouts in that area. No chance for added lights etc.
Noticed last week there were 3 vehicles sitting up by the lights taking counts of the traffic etc. This should have been done a long time ago when many people had concerns of that area. It is almost like putting the cart in front of the horse now.
Pretty good deal. 93 units for 8.8 million. Works out to be about $94,000.00 per unit.
ohhh that’s why they tore down that dilapidated motel up there
That’s nice. Gets rid of an ageing eyesore.
But whatever happened to the Pomeroy project at Hwys 97 & 16?
Slated for this coming spring according to Pomeroy.
That is a great location for a hotel within walking distance of the big box stores and highway frontage. I think the other side of the hill would be even better for the view though… I think that was the plan anyways from Clint Dahl so hopefully the two hotels coordinate on landscaping the two properties.
I really liked the idea of the hotel at Exhibition grounds on Ospika. It would have really cleaned up the road frontage and been very handy for hockey and soccer tournaments.
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