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Commission reviews preliminary design for Olive Crossing hotel; asks for lighting, materials and landscape details

City of Olivette Planning and Community Design Commission · October 17, 2025
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The Olivette Planning and Community Design Commission reviewed a preliminary design for a 4-story, 128-room Courtyard by Marriott on Lot 6 of the Olive Crossing development and requested more detailed lighting, materials, cross sections and a landscape buffer plan before a future decision.

The City of Olivette Planning and Community Design Commission on Oct. 16 reviewed a preliminary design for 8950 Olive Crossing, Lot 6 — a proposed four-story Courtyard by Marriott that would include about 128 rooms and an interior courtyard. Staff emphasized the hearing was a design review only; the underlying master development and land use were previously approved by council in 2019.

Commissioners and staff focused on site grading, stormwater, exterior materials and the hotel's relationship to adjacent residences. Staff said the hotel's first-floor finished elevation is approximately 589.5 and that the primary roofline is shown at about 44 feet; the parapet rises to about 54 feet but, per the adopted ordinance, parapets are not included in the measured building height.…

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