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San Diego developer Pacifica Cos. is nearing completion on a ,$34 million boutique luxury hotel in Imperial Beach, called Pier South, that local planners are also hoping serves as a big economic catalyst for the city and South County.
Allison Rolfe, Pacifica's director of planning, said a late June opening is tentatively planned for the 78-room waterfront hotel, being built on the site of what was once Seacoast Inn. The new four-story hotel will include a 113-space underground parking lot, a rooftop patio, pool, meeting and event rooms, fitness room and an on-site restaurant operated by locally based Cohn Restaurant Group.
"Seacoast Inn was a linear building that had sort of a fortress structure," said Rolfe. "This hotel has two curved and intersecting wings, where all of the rooms have views of the ocean."
Located off Seacoast Drive, Pier South will be operated by Pacifica's hospitality management division, Pacifica Host Hotels, under a licensing agreement with Marriott International Inc.'s Autograph Collection luxury brand.
Developers and regional economic development leaders view the new hotel not only as a replacement for the low-frills, 38-room Seacoast Inn, a fixture at the...