The Bahamian developer of a proposed $30m West Bay Street hotel was yesterday granted preliminary site plan approval for the project provided its “side setbacks” are increased to 15 feet.
The Town Planning Committee gave Gibson Development the conditional go-ahead for its seven-storey, 102-room King’s Court Hotel that will be built on the 1.39-acre site presently occupied by the Bahama Grill restaurant. The restaurant will be “reimagined” and incorporated into the resort.
The hotel’s construction will take between 18 to 24 months, and involve both the demolition of the existing Bahama Grill and several surrounding buildings also acquired by the developer to make way for the resort and 114 parking spaces.
Eric Gibson Jr, developer and proprietor of Bahama Grill, previously said the project will generate between 80 to 100 construction jobs and 150 full-time positions as well as sparking further development in the area.
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