Representatives from Medici Development Partners and Cambria Hotel and Suites along with city officials and dignitaries broke ground today, July 8, on Southlake's second hotel, Cambria Southlake. Cambria Southlake will be located in Kimball Park, a new development under construction at the northwest corner of SH 114 and Kimball Avenue. Jeff Medici, founder and managing partner of Medici Development Partners, said he decided to develop Kimball Park in 2012 with the intention of bringing in a second hotel. "We already have the Hilton Hotel right now, but I think from a family perspective we really need a second hotel that is a little bit out of the congestion and offers larger rooms—most of the rooms are going to be suite size,"Medici said. "And I think we need another option for folks that are coming into this area." The ceremony also marked the grand opening of Kimball Park. When construction is complete, the development will include the 175-room Cambria Southlake hotel and conference center, a 96,000-square-foot office building, three restaurants, coffee shop and retail uses on 15.5 acres. Southlake Mayor Laura Hill said she is very excited about the new development and what it will bring to the city. "It's going to bring something to Southlake we don't already have," Hill said. "It's going to bring us more tourism, add more options for places to stay in the city and help us become more of a destination city." Medici said the hotel will be the first to open in the development and construction is estimated to be complete 13 months from the ground breaking date.