The hotel will contain two InterContinental Hotels Group brands: Avid and Staybridge Suites. Overall, the hotel will contain 55 rooms in the Avid brand and 70 in the Staybridge Suites brand.
The Staybridge Suites portion of the hotel will consist of 70 extended stay suites with cooktops, according to the developer’s special use permit approved Feb. 17.
Included in the approved special use permit were two variances requested by the developer. One variance will allow the developer to install pavement over a grass-only waterline.
City Council approved the variance on the condition that Nortex Hotel Group accept responsibility for any pavement repairs required due to maintenance or repair of the city water main performed by city crews or contractors.
Lewisville land development regulations require that all hotel rooms meet a minimum 325-square-foot requirement. City Council granted the developer’s request to waive this requirement.
The Staybridge Suites rooms will have rooms ranging in sizes from 441-564 square feet, while the Avid rooms will range from 240-399 square feet. The average room size in the hotel will be 395 square feet, according to the permit.
Lewisville Planning Director Richard Luedke stated in a staff memo to City Manager Donna Barron and City Council that though the rooms will not meet the size requirement mandated by the land development regulations, the hotel has committed to providing more amenities and meeting space than what is required.
“This also reflects a current trend in the hotel industry for smaller rooms and more communal spaces,” Luedke stated.
The approved permit also stipulates that the hotel will be required to install safety cameras at every entrance on the property.
