One of Clearwater Beach’s best-known beachfront properties is slated for a major redevelopment that would replace the former 30-room Palm Pavilion Inn with a nine-story, 144-room resort while preserving the beachfront restaurant now operating as Crabby’s Beachside Pavilion.
The proposal would increase the 1.06-acre site to roughly 136 hotel units per acre by drawing 91 units from Clearwater Beach’s hotel density reserve, continuing the beach’s shift toward larger resort-style redevelopments.
The project comes months after the property sold for $23 million in a deal that split ownership between Beachside Hospitality Group, which acquired the restaurant property, and McKibbon Equities, which purchased the inn.
The redevelopment would replace the existing lodging portion of the property with a nine-level, Mediterranean-inspired resort featuring guest rooms, structured parking, a pool deck, hotel amenities and elevated walkways connecting the building to the existing restaurant.
The first four floors would contain parking and building infrastructure, followed by resort amenities and the lobby on the fifth floor and guest rooms on floors six through nine.
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