Plans have been unveiled for the construction of a four-story hotel in a growing mixed-development section of Avondale that will include 95 rooms and around 3,000 square feet of retail space.
As proposed, the project will be within the larger retail, apartment and entertainment venue known as the BLVD’s Park Avenue District near the intersection of Avondale Boulevard and Van Buren Street, on the near east side of the city.
Site plans for the project, which have just been approved by the Avondale City Council, also include a 5,000 square foot restaurant and specialty store space measuring just under 5,300 square feet.
The BLVD district comprises some 356 acres and is designed to allow for walkable space, streets with sidewalks, and a central tree-lined plaza.
Earlier this year the development saw the official $5.1 million inauguration of a half-acre lake and koi pond with two pedestrian bridges as well as a fountain.
The district is now also home to the Phoenix Children’s Sports Medicine Clinic, as well as the Randall McDaniel American Sports Center.
The new hotel and retail project, to be called Avid Hotel and Shops, will go up on four acres of the district, and is being designed by the Phoenix-based Archicon Architecture & Interiors.
The district was formerly known as the Avondale City Center before being rebranded in the fall of 2019 as the BLVD’s Park Avenue District.
By Garry Boulard
