New oceanfront hotel to join North Myrtle Beach skyline. When will it be done?
Work has begun on a new oceanfront hotel that will be located in the Cherry Grove section of North Myrtle Beach.
Hampton Inn & Suites will be built at 3600 N. Ocean Blvd., next to the Cherry Grove Pier. The more than $26 million development will be a seven-story, 15-unit facility, according to city permits.
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Ground was broken on the new hotel in October. A date for the hotel’s opening has not been announced; however, it is expected to be completed in 2027.
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North Myrtle Beach city council approved construction of the new hotel in 2019, and permits were granted in 2020. However, work stopped on the project because of COVID-19 and the “uncertainty created in the pandemic,” city documents state.
The original project called for 127 one-bedroom units. The amendment to the project, and the parking lots of the Prince Resort at the Cherry Grove Pier, increased the units by 29 and will include a second-row parking garage with 209 parking spaces — 41 of the spaces will be for the public on the first and second floors, documents show. The project also will cause the public access dune walkover to be relocated.
