NEWPORT BEACH
The City Council has upheld the Planning Commission’s decision to allow an extended-stay hotel with 152 two-bedroom suites on the former Fletcher Jones Motorcars site. The project, on Quail Street, also includes a five-story office building.
Council members expressed concern about the distance between the project and its neighbor, as well as the loss of transient occupancy tax when people stay in a hotel longer than 30 days. But the council approved the application with some minor changes, despite concerns from owners of the next-door office building that the project’s shadows would block out the sun.
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