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A proposal to build an 88-room extended-stay hotel on Old Meridian Street in Carmel is gaining traction after city leaders and the neighboring Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10003 had initially opposed it.
The Carmel Board of Zoning Appeals on June 24 granted variances that will allow the developer to move forward with a modified plan for the five-story hotel, which would also have an indoor pool, fitness center, meeting room, breakfast area and patios.
Ohio-based The Witness Group first submitted plans last year to build a 62,790-square-foot Home2 Suites by Hilton at 12845 Old Meridian St.
The plan called for the hotel to be constructed directly in front of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10003 building, which opened at the site in 2009.
The hotel and its parking lot would eat up parking currently used by the VFW. According to a somewhat unusual land deal struck...