PROVIDENCE – A Boston development company that proposes to build a boutique hotel on the Providence River is expected to return Tuesday, seeking a preliminary approval from the Interstate 195 Redevelopment District Commission.
The project, as unveiled this spring, would include 52 guest rooms, a riverfront café and function room and an 1,800-square-foot art gallery.
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The developer is Gerald Fandetti, president of Cambridge, Mass-based GNF Associates. Together with his wife, Charlotte, the Fandettis own a family-run business and have developed and operate a number of hotel and hospitality-related projects in Massachusetts. The largest is the 77-room Kendall Hotel in Cambridge.
The I-195 commission agenda Tuesday includes a presentation by the Fandettis, called the Kendall Hotel Group, a period for public comment, and a scheduled vote by the commission on whether to approve a Level 1 application, or a preliminary approval.
The site is Parcel 1A, on South Water Street, a 0.28-acre parcel just north of the landing on the east side for the pedestrian bridge.
Mary MacDonald is a staff writer for the PBN. Contact her at macdonald@PBN.com.
