At the Oct. 18 Grapevine City Council joint meeting with the Planning and Zoning Commission, a 300-room, nine-story Renaissance Hotel was approved by a 6-0 vote.

The hotel will be located in the 52-acre development along SH 26 called Silver Lake Crossings.

The Renaissance will feature almost 20,000 square feet of conference space as well as a restaurant, a swimming pool and a four-story parking garage.

The developer said he is looking to break ground on the hotel in the third quarter of 2017 and expects it to be complete by 2019.

At the same meeting, a second reading for a 359-unit multifamily project named Jefferson Silver Lake was held.

The project, which would have also been a part of the Silver Lake Crossings development, was denied by P&Z with a 5-2 vote. Council accepted P&Z’s recommendation and denied the property as well with a 4-2 vote. Mayor William D. Tate abstained.

P&Z commissioner Jim Fechter said he did not feel apartments were the best fit for the property.

I’ve always loved that property,” he said. “I always thought different things would be in there. So I’m going to put on my highest-and-best-use hat and [say] I rather see other things in there. I just think that property is too nice for that. I don’t have a problem with the apartments or the layout; [I] just would rather see something more of a destination. That’s a lot of acreage and it’s a very nice piece of property.”

Currently the development includes a hotel that contains two brands—Courtyard Marriott and TownePlace Suites. However, at council’s Sept. 16 meeting, a third brand—Hilton Garden Inn—was approved to join the two existing brands. That expansion will include 150 rooms, bringing the building’s total room count to 450 rooms. Additionally, the expansion will add 5,000 square feet of meeting space, making the total amount of meeting space on the site 15,000 square feet.