The property is to include 164 guest rooms in a mix of king, double queen and corner layouts.
City of Mesa
The Mesa Board of Adjustment voted unanimously April 1 to approve a consent agenda with other items including a variance from the form based code standards to allow for a hotel development on 0.9 acres at 104 E. Main St.
A five-story AC Hotel is to be constructed on the northeast corner of Centennial Way and Main Street.
The Mesa Board of Adjustment voted unanimously April 1 to approve a consent agenda with other items including a variance from the form based code standards to allow for a hotel development on 0.9 acres at 104 E. Main St.
The general plan for the area is downtown placetype with an evolve growth strategy. Entertainment and recreation uses are considered the principal land use, and a hotel is a supported land use, Staff Planner Kellie Rorex said during a study session prior to the meeting.
“They are proposing an 88,887-square-foot, five-story hotel. The pedestrian entrance will be on Centennial Way and Main Street, and the main entrance is on northeast side through a courtyard,” she said. “There is one-way access from Centennial Way to Main Street and the parking provided will be from the (city’s) Hibbert parking garage.”
Requested variances are for:
Ground-floor and upper-floor ceilings.
Depth of the five floors.
Width of a courtyard.
Private frontage types and dooryard size including the length, distance between glazing and ground-floor transparency.
Private frontage types and storefront size including the distance between glazing, ground floor transparency and depth of recessed entries.
Kevin Curran of DLR Group Inc. is the applicant. Bunker’s Garden Chapel LLC, Network Holding LLC and OCAP Main Street LLC are the owners.
The property is to include 164 guest rooms in a mix of king, double queen and corner layouts, it states in a written project narrative.
“The five-story facade is finished in a range of earth-tone (exterior insulation and finishing systems), selected to complement the surrounding buildings. Guest room levels feature large aluminum storefront windows, with individual mechanical grilles integrated into the window framing for a cohesive appearance. At the ground floor, expansive storefront glazing maximizes daylight and creates a welcoming transparency that draws the community into the bar and lounge,” it states.
The Board of Adjustment conducts public meetings to hear and decide requests for variances, special-use permits and interpretations of the city of Mesa zoning ordinance and sign code. Members are appointed for staggered terms of three years, according to the city’s website.
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Meet Richard Richard Dyer has worked at Independent Newsmedia Inc. USA since 1987, starting his career in Apache Junction as a copy editor and being promoted over the years to work as the editor of the Mesa Independent, news services editor for the East Valley office in Apache Junction, managing editor for the East Valley office, news services editor for the East Valley office and eventually also for the newspapers at INI’s then-Chandler office, managing editor again and as a news editor covering Apache Junction/Gold Canyon and Queen Creek. He helped start the Florence Independent while the news editor covering Apache Junction and Mesa news. In January 2023, he became associate managing editor for the East Valley newspapers and in August 2023 became managing editor for the East Valley newspapers of Chandler/Tempe, Gilbert, Queen Creek, Florence, Mesa and Apache Junction/Gold Canyon, while also reporting on Mesa and Apache Junction/Gold Canyon.
Community: Since 2009, he has worked as a volunteer to design The Blue Guitar Magazine, Blue Guitar Jr. magazine and Unstrung magazine, which are projects of The Arizona Consortium for the Arts; and since 2014, has been overseeing the art submissions.
Education: University of Arizona with a master of arts in journalism and a bachelor of science in agricultural communication. Also continuing education at Mesa Community College in welding in a metal art sculpture class.
Random fact: Saw his first tornado on May 31, 2010, which was classified as an EF-2, as part of a stormchasing tour group.
Hobbies: He is an artist of welded-steel sculptures, selling his artwork at juried and non-juried art shows.
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