A company that plans to convert two warehouses into a commercial space and rest stop for Bayshore Bikeway cyclists may make one of the two buildings into a boutique hotel, project manager Terry McCaleb told San Diego Daily Transcript Wednesday.
The California Coastal Commission approved a permit for the project at a meeting in Long Beach June 12. The application specifically requests approval of a 50-bed hostel.
“As long as we don’t make any drastic changes and follow zoning, we won’t have to go back to the Coastal Commission,” McCaleb told San Diego Daily Transcript.
McCaleb told IB Patch earlier this month that owner of the property Bikeway Village LLC would need $1 million set aside by Hotel del Coronado in order to build the hostel.
In order to qualify for an expansion, in 2010 the Coastal Commission required Hotel del Coronado provide funds for affordable overnight accommodations in San Diego's South Bay.
Construction of the project could begin within the next year depending on the length of the permit process with the City of Imperial Beach, McCaleb said.
The project will be built in two phases, starting with a community room, deck and space for businesses like a coffee shop, bike shop or office space. A hotel or hostel would be built as part of the second phase of the project, he said.
Bikeway Village LLC is owned by Rex Butler of Coronado.
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