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Planning board approves 4-story hotel at East 20th Plaza; residents raise timeline and displacement concerns
Summary
Panama City Planning Board on Jan. 13 approved MDV2510, a major‑development request to build a four‑story, 99‑room hotel on North Palo Alto Avenue at East 20th Plaza.
Panama City Planning Board on Jan. 13 approved MDV2510, a major‑development request to build a four‑story, 99‑room hotel on North Palo Alto Avenue at East 20th Plaza. The board voted 5-0 to approve the development order required because the project exceeds three stories.
The hotel application lists Palo Alto Capital LLC as owner and Panhandle Engineering Inc. as applicant representative. Jim Slonina, Panhandle Engineering, said the project will be a Home2 Suites, a Hilton flag, sited adjacent to an existing Marriott and a stormwater pond near a Target. "We're here primarily because it's four stories and four stories…
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