Miramar Hotel Project Back on Track

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According to developer Rick Caruso and his team, the Miramar is on its way back!  At a briefing for parish leaders recently, the hotel, to be called the Miramar Beach Resort and Bungalows, will hopefully see construction begin this year and open in 2017.

If approved by county planners, the Miramar Beach Resort and Bungalows will feature 170 rooms, a beachfront restaurant, public beach access and a private club — all stretching over the 15 adjacent to All Saints-by-the-Sea.

The new development plans are the second revision for Caruso, following a 2011 round of changes, according to Matt Middlebrook, the company’s executive vice-president for development. The envisioned hotel is scaled back compared with previous proposals. “This plan is less impactful and really consistent with the feel of the community,” he told the LA Times.

Of particular note to All Saints, project representative Rick Lemmo told the parish that the plan  has changed regarding what will be next to the All Saints campus.  The spa is being relocated to the main building far to the east of the property. We will have a row of two story cottages configured with no capability to look over the fence into All Saints. We will also have a large valet parking lot immediately to the north, which, when not in use for a large hotel event, can be used by All Saints for large gatherings. Another larger public parking lot will be to the easternmost side of the property and will be below the level of the street and not visible. There will be no parking building.  As with the previous plan, there will be public parking spaces along both Jameson and Eucalyptus (across from the Friendship Center).

Click here to read the article in the Santa Barbara News-Press on Aug. 1, 2014.