Aloft Site Moves Closer to Richmond Road

The Beachwood Planning and Zoning Commission approved preliminary plans for an Aloft Hotel at Richmond Road and Eaton Boulevard Thursday.

The 70,000-square-foot four-story hotel will be in a different spot, but still within the Chagrin Highlands.

Aloft for a site in the same development, further down Eaton Boulevard and closer to the site Eaton Corporation site, last month. Developer Scott Berkowitz would not say why he asked the commission to approve a new location.

The hotel, operated by Starwood Hotels and Resorts, will have 135 rooms, an indoor pool and a lounge. 

The parcel is about half an acre larger than the first site, and the only change to the plans on the new site is that there is space noted for an additional building which Berkowitz said he hopes will be a stand-alone restaurant.

Berkowitz  which is adjacent to a residential street. 

Signature Square property owner pulled that proposal after  that the hotel would be disruptive to the nearby neighborhood, and some residents alleged that Council was giving the developers and property owners special treatment.

Berkowitz said he hopes to bring final site plans to the commission at their July meeting.