A North Shore boutique hotel proposed to go next to the Walnut Street Bridge won approval from a city panel Thursday to add a fourth floor despite opposition from a number of neighbors.
Developer Bob Cox said plans are to begin work on the Frazier Avenue building early next year after his architect tweaks the project so the 21-room hotel works at a height limitation of 45 feet rather than an ideal of 50 feet.
“I think it was a fair decision,” Cox said after the city’s Form-based Code Committee took about an hour to hear the request to add the fourth floor to the hotel.
The hotel will be built on the site of the former Northside Lunch eatery.
The proposed boutique hotel at 202 Frazier Ave. near the Walnut Street Bridge was approved to build up to four stories.Architect Thomas Palmer of Cogent Studio said he’ll review the hotel plan, and he could come back before the panel to seek another variance permitting the first floor to go from the mandated 15 feet to 13 feet.