A plan to build

a 77-room hotel at a mixed-use development off Ga. Highway 54 West in

Fayetteville has been approved by the Fayetteville Planning and Zoning

Commission.

The hotel will

be located on a two-acre site on the "square" created by the

main entry into The Villages at LaFayette off Ga. Highway 54. It will

also access LaFayette Avenue, which becomes Tiger Trail as it runs by

Fayette County High School.

The chain which

will operate the hotel has not yet been revealed by developer Bob Rolader.

Rolader has

said the site design is in accordance with the master plan developed for

the property that has been approved by the city.

The hotel will

not include a conference center but there is potential for such an amenity

to be added later, Rolader said.

The entry to

LaFayette Avenue can be moved further away from Hwy. 54 to create more

room for stacking if desired, Rolader said. There is no time frame yet

for construction of the hotel, which is governed by a set of restrictions

that was developed when The Villages at LaFayette was originally approved.

The hotel must

be designed so all rooms are accessed from an interior lobby, according

to guidelines from the development agreement. The hotel can not be designed,

operated or marketed as an extended-stay facility, either.