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Committee approves sale of five city parcels on East 90th to developer for hotel; price amended to $65,000 total
Summary
The committee approved an emergency ordinance authorizing sale of five city-owned parcels on East 90th Street to Ortho School Properties LLC for development of a SpringHill Suites hotel and inserted an amended total price of $65,000 (five parcels at $13,000 each).
The committee on Oct. 20 approved an emergency ordinance authorizing the mayor and commissioner of purchases and supplies to sell five city-owned parcels on East 90th Street to Ortho School Properties LLC (or designee) for development of a Marriott-affiliate SpringHill Suites hotel. The ordinance was amended to add an additional parcel legal description and to set the sale price for each parcel at $13,000, raising the total consideration for the five parcels to $65,000.
Mr. Green (Department of Community Development) summarized the request and introduced Mr. Bowen, who was present to discuss the project. Green said the sale would transfer control of several parcels between East Ninetieth and East 903rd Streets, bounded by Chester Avenue and Huff Avenue, to the developer for hotel construction. He stated the hotel is planned as a SpringHill Suites brand.
When Councilwoman Jasmine Santander asked whether the parcels were being sold at appraisal value, Mr. Green replied, “$13,000” and confirmed the parcels were being sold at the appraised amount. The committee moved and approved a second amendment to insert the total price of $65,000 into the ordinance text.
Councilman Polensek asked about the parcel configuration and whether the developer controlled adjacent houses. Staff said they control two of the three parcels in question (one owned by the developer, one a land bank parcel) and that the project had not yet gone through planning commission or BZA review. Mr. Bowen said the deed transfer would not occur until the developer completed planning approvals, but the city needed to show “some sort of control” to lenders to move financing forward.
Councilwoman House Jones was identified in the record as the ward where the property sits; staff said she had recused herself because of a family connection to a neighboring property. The committee approved ordinance number 12-23-2025 as amended on voice vote.
The ordinance authorizes the sale subject to additional land-use and planning approvals; committee discussion described the action as an early step to enable project financing rather than a final planning approval or parcel conveyance.
