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might be filled with a health-food restaurant; and on
the ground floor of the parking garage, four spaces
for restaurant and retail use directly across the street
from the future Hilton hotel.
Another city project that will complement what is
happening on the beachside is the enhancement of
the Atlantic Boulevard Bridge that got underway last
month. In addition, a private developer is building a
new waterfront dining and retail complex on South
Riverside Drive, at the southeast corner of the
Atlantic Boulevard Bridge.
Monday, July 1, 2019
Hilton
The Pompano Beach Fishing Village will be home
to a dual-branded Hilton hotel. The five-story hotel
will be built on what is currently a city-owned parking
lot, just south of the new Pier Parking Garage. One
section of the L-shaped building will be a Hilton
Home2Suites, offering 90 rooms that have kitchens
and work areas, and are well-suited for families on
extended stays; the other section will be a Tru by
Hilton, offering 60 smaller, streamlined rooms geared
toward travelers with a “millennial mindset.” The Tru
focus is on the large colorful lobby designed to be a
social hub, with zones for eating, playing, working
and lounging, and lots of charging stations for tech
devices. Designated pet-friendly rooms will be
offered by Home2Suites.
The large overhang of the hotel’s entrance will
serve as a deck with a rectangular saline swimming
pool, a hot tub and cabanas. The pool will be main-
tained with natural minerals instead of chemicals,
which is in keeping with the Home2 Suites commit-
ment to sustainability. The hotel will also have a
rooftop deck with 360-degree views of the ocean, the
pier, the Hillsboro Lighthouse and the Intracoastal
Waterway. There are plans to have a bar on the
rooftop deck. The Hilton will be the first new hotel in
the area since the opening of the Sands Harbor
Resort & Marina in 1965.
How the expansion will effect property values in
Palm-Aire is a guess.
Florida as a whole is growing again. This is juxta-
posed with Tallahassee’s blockage of local control to
force developers to mitigate the environmental
impact of land transformation as well as the impact
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