While the remaining businesses in the structure vacated it in late 2022, about a year ago, a repurpose of the rundown building has long been sought. In its place will be the Kimpton Hotel by IHG Hotels & Resorts, which, according to plans submitted to the city, will have a 3,615-squarefoot restaurant, 849-square-foot spa, 798-square-foot gymand a 12,677-square-foot parking area.
Holman Garage is down.
All the way down
Golden Egg is all that remains standing.
Has a nice view of the VW Repair shop. 
In an Aug. 25 civil complaint, Blue Wave Enterprises
and Jon Kramer contend that when they tried to submit
an application for the three-unit hotel at 176 Central Ave.,
city hall refused “to accept and process” the document.
The lawsuit argues the hotel should be allowed per Pacific
Grove’s local coastal plan.Kramer first proposed a mixed-use development, in
cluding two residential units and a retail space. City staff
told him that he could not pursue the project because of
zoning issues. Kramer issued revised plans without the
residential units and replaced them with hotel rooms. The
city turned that request down, too, also citing zoning.
“City staff instead suggested that petitioners pursue
a subsequent ballot initiative to allow a hotel use on the
property, or to bring forward a new project consistent”
Place ought to be used for senior housing.
The former U.S. Army general facing a lawsuit by an investor over a failed luxury hotel in the American Tin
Cannery has successfully had the case moved from Monterey County Superior Court to federal court.Investor Todd Timboe in October 2020 sued four-star Gen. Wesley Clark and four other businessmen who were behind the failed Project Bella, a high end hotel proposed for the American Tin Cannery. Proponents promised the hotel would bring scores of jobs and millions of dollars in tax revenue for Pacific Grove, but the proposal crumbled long before a shovel ever had a chance to hit ground.
A new project to build a hotel on the site proposed by Comstock Development has better financial backing and is moving through the process, though some residents are still opposed to the idea of a hotel on the site. Timboe filed the lawsuit in civil court in Monterey, alleging the hotel backers had fraudulently induced him to invest $500,000 in the project — even as the companies behind the development didn’t have the financial wherewithal to build the hotel.
The “S” word again.
The city’s proposed general fund budget shows a growing deficit of $2.4 million for the 2020-2021 fiscal year, $3.5 million for 2021-2022 and $5 million for 2022-2023.
“This is not sustainable and we need to get to a structurally balanced budget, where our income or revenues can adequately pay for our spending or expenditures,” Uslar wrote to the council.
Hotel tax is important because it provides 28% of the city’s total revenue, more than property tax and sales tax combined.
Just don’t lose any more money like the last time.
While the developer has not officially submitted project plans to the city yet, it is taking steps forward with a hotel project in mind, according to Pacific Grove City Manager Ben Harvey.
“The city has been meeting with a potential applicant for the site,” said Harvey, noting the applicant’s name was Comstock Development and that any deal was very preliminary at this point. “They have been doing their due diligence to make sure that this is worth pursuing.”
Harvey continued, “At this point we don’t have an application for a project yet.”
Yuck.
“The design has a contextual problem – context meaning the design within the realm you’re placing the building,” said Mark Brodeur, director of community and economic development, noting that the nearby Holman Building, museum and library each have a certain design. “They believe the Victorian architectural of the proposal didn’t fit within its context.”
Better idea: bypass all the complicated water credit issues and send that toilet water straight to the new hotels.
So it must have been a shock to P.G. City Manager Ben Harvey to receive a letter from the state water board on May 16, stating that the board was holding back on the payment because the city’s plan might be a breach of contract.
The issue appears to be a discrepancy of interpretations stemming from the water board’s 2009 order to the Monterey Peninsula to stop using water from the Carmel River. One interpretation is that due to the order, P.G. cannot keep any new water credits for itself – they all have to go back to the river.
Tax the tourists. Oh, and 41 percent come up negative on short term cyber rentals.
The survey also showed that 41 percent of the 375 likely voters surveyed on the phone and online believe that the city has done a “poor” job of managing the city’s vacation rentals, while 28 percent gave the same grade for the way the city manages its pension obligations. Similarly, 22 percent said P.G. is doing poorly managing its finances.
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And it’s not kelp baking in the sun at low tide or squid drying on the shore like it was years ago.
It looks like there were lessons learned after the failure to turn Holman’s into some kind of “World Class” transient stay place.
A group dubbed the Committee Against Measure X sponsored by Unite Here, Local 483, sent out fliers over the weekend to Pacific Grove voters declaring “Measure X is wrong” and asking voters to reconsider the measure because it allows a developer to avoid the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
Woah, when the group that stands to gain power and money by making promises to a few hundred low wage hotel workers it against it there must be something under the covers going on.
The voters’ guide was mailed out, I like the bait this project is trying to use to hook y’all:
Recognition of Pacific Grove as a world-class destination and an innovative leader in conservation and sustainability
More like “How did this cute little town allow this to built?
Banquet, meeting, and reception rooms that will enable Pacific Grove to host large and small events, keeping that business in Pacific Grove
Look at the next line and tell me, who from P.G would use this place?
New luxury travelers who will patronize Pacific Grove restaurants, shops, and other businesses
The type of people that stay there will make the choice of Cannery Row or Carmel, not P.G.
State-of-the-art design, construction, and operational programs and technologies, as one of the world’s most sustainable hotels, that will save and recycle significant amounts of water and energy and reduce pollution and greenhouse gases
Ha! I knew someone would throw in the Substainable word once, but TWICE?
An ideal location at the edge of town that will help mitigate traffic impacts and provide additional needed parking for the City, resulting in reduced downtown congestion
Never mind that slow and getting slower traffic jam on Lighthouse Avenue to the tunnel.
A visitor and interpretive center and museum that will celebrate Pacific Grove’s extraordinary culture, its heritage and historic character, and its unequalled scenic beauty
A tribute to the scenery that will never come back
New revenues from transient occupancy taxes, property taxes, and sales and use taxes to support our library, police, fire department, parks, and other City services and operations
New opportunities for thieves.
Three hundred permanent high quality hotel jobs for workers of all skill and education levels, many of whom will be residents of Pacific Grove, plus hundreds of high quality construction phase jobs, many of which will benefit Pacific Grove businesses and residents
Most of the workers at hotels in PG cannot afford to live there. See the part about the traffic to and from PG.
At first it kind of appealed to me, keep the touristas at the border of town, pray that they stay on the ‘row and don’t bother me. But the thing is now sounding like the city whoring itself out to get a few bucks. Vote NO on Measure X.
Moe says no. Less money for hotels to contribute to Chamber.
It was in February 2008, that the council approved a deal with the city’s innkeepers not to increase the TOT as long as they agreed to join the Monterey County Convention & Visitors Bureau and assessed themselves under the Pacific Grove Hospitality Improvement District, according to Ammar.
He said that a TOT increase would result in lower spending on shopping, dining and attractions. He also pointed to the 1 percent increase in sales tax that took place in 2008, which he said has generated over $1.2 million annually to the city.