After years sitting vacant, there's construction underway at this Barrancas lot. What's coming?
Edward Bunch IIIA long vacant lot at the corner of Barrancas Avenue and Manchester Street is about to get a lot livelier.
Extended Stay America is planning a new four-story, long-stay hotel on the property, according to a development order filed to Escambia County.
Here’s what you need to know:
What are the plans for the new Extended Stay America hotel?
The nearly 55,000-square foot hotel is planned to include 124 rooms on a 2.32-acre parcel on the northeastern corner of Barrancas Avenue and Manchester Street.
A Georgia-based LLC, Artemis Hotel Group, filed plans for the project in late December of 2022 and recently began the early stages of construction. An estimated date of completion has not yet been provided.
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What are Extended Stay America hotels known for?
Extended Stay America is a family of hotels with more than 760 nationwide locations focused on long-term accommodations.
Founded in Fort Lauderdale in 1995, Extended Stay America hotels offer nightly, weekly and monthly rates with special rates for longer stays. The hotels are pet-friendly and offer full kitchens in their suites.
Are there other Extended Stay America locations in Pensacola?
There are already three Extended Stay America hotels in Pensacola:
- Select Suites Pensacola - Northeast, 12050 Scenic Highway
- Select Suites Pensacola - Northwest, 2310 W. Detroit Blvd.
- Pensacola - University Mall, 809 Bloodworth Lane
What is at the Barrancas location where the hotel is being built?
The property where the hotel will be built is currently vacant.
There a several churches in the vicinity of the project, and there is a shopping center across the street anchored by a Greer’s CashSaver grocery store. An adjacent lot at the corner of Barrancas Avenue and South Old Corry Field Road once housed a Church’s chicken restaurant, but the business is long closed.
Why this location in Pensacola?
According to Extended Stay America, “Many of our hotels are close to military bases, catering to the needs of military personnel and providing a sense of home while away from home.”
The latest site will be close to Naval Air Station Pensacola, which recently reopened the Pensacola Lighthouse and Maritime Museum, the National Naval Aviation Museum and Fort Barrancas to the public. NAS Pensacola had closed off public access to its West Gate due to a terrorist attack on the base in 2019 that left three servicemen dead and eight other people injured.
The new extended stay hotel could accommodate locals, visiting military personnel and visitors to the museum and Homecoming Blue Angels air show, both of which draw hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.