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Board approves design changes for 600 S. Palafox hotel; asks for added windows and canopy adjustment

5519998 · June 26, 2025
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The ARB approved revisions to the previously approved hotel at 600 South Palafox — reducing the building from seven to six stories and adding a second-floor pool and larger meeting spaces — and requested additional fenestration and canopy alignment on the Palafox elevation.

The Architecture Review Board on June 26 approved revised plans for a hotel at 600 South Palafox Street, accepting a developer-led change that reduces the project from seven stories and 228 rooms to six stories and 184 rooms while adding a second-floor outdoor pool deck and larger meeting facilities.

Alex Grace, representing Pensacola Halifax Lodge, said financial underwriting prompted the changes. “Our underwriting came back and said, look, we love the project, love the market. You…

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