Construction of 130-room Marriott hotel is underway in Atascadero

A 130-room Marriott SpringHill Suites hotel going up on Atascadero’s north end is expected to be complete by December.

Utilities and landscaping are complete on the four-story hotel, which is in the framing stage at San Ramon Road and El Camino Real near a Home Depot store.

A pool, Jacuzzi and a bar will be featured in the new space, said to have a wine country-inspired theme. Two additional building pads also being built on the site will bring 18,000 square feet for restaurants, gas stations or retail stores through project developer Costa Mesa-based Westar Associates.

Names of possible tenants were not available. “No leases have been signed, and for confidentiality reasons we can't comment on who has expressed interest,” said Ally Ellison, Westar’s director of media.

Owner: Atascadero Hotel Associates, LLC

Contractor: Tricorp HearnConstruction in Sacramento (hotel); Bullard & Sons Construction in Paso Robles (retail pads)

Architect: ACM Architects in San Diego (hotel); Garing Taylor & Associates in Arroyo Grande (retail pads)

Engineer: Garing Taylor & Associates in Arroyo Grande (hotel and pads)

Project cost: Approximately $21 million

Expected completion date: December 2014

This story was originally published April 23, 2014 at 11:34 AM with the headline "Construction of 130-room Marriott hotel is underway in Atascadero."