BUSINESS HOTEL GETS OK FOR NEWHALL; `HORSESHOE' OAK TREE CENTERPIECE OF DESIGN.Byline: Patricia Farrell Aidem Daily News Staff Writer A hotel designed for business travelers was approved Wednesday by county planners, near a cluster of inns just off the Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. in Newhall. A 104-room Extended Stay America The first Extended Stay America hotels opened in 1995 by a number of founders including management from Blockbuster Video and AutoNation. In 1996, Extended Stay America acquired StudioPLUS, further continuing its growth. and a 6,040-square-foot Coco's restaurant will be built around a landmark ``horseshoe'' oak, a tree with an arched trunk. The Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Regional Planning regional planning: see city planning. Commission unanimously approved the ABCO/Associated Investments project on the northwest corner of Pico Canyon Road and The Old Road. There was no opposition. All 14 oaks on the 4-1/2-acre site will be preserved, and 36 more planted, under the conditions set by planners, said Aaron Clark Aaron Clark (October 16 1787 – August 2 1861[1]) was an American politician who became the second popularly elected Mayor of New York, serving two one-year terms from 1837 to 1839. , a regional planning assistant. The horseshoe oak will be incorporated into the restaurant design to ensure its preservation, said ABCO ABCO Angelo Brothers Company representative Rad Sutnar. The saplings are to replace some of the 200 mature oaks ABCO has removed in building on neighboring neigh·bor n. 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another. 3. A fellow human. 4. Used as a form of familiar address. v. properties, Clark said. The county, however, refused ABCO's request for a 60-foot pole sign visible from the freeway, allowing instead one 42-feet high, Clark said. The Extended Stay will join Fairfield Inn, Comfort Suites, Hampton Inn and Residence Inn just off the I-5. ``What you have are different kinds of markets in that region - people in town visiting people, people who are going to Magic Mountain,'' Sutnar said. ``Then we have a market where people working in industry who have an office here or maybe they get transferred for a few weeks, a month, and they need a place to stay that's more than just a hotel.'' The rooms, expected to be open late next year, will have small kitchens and dining areas. ``Kind of a home away from home,'' Sutnar said. ABCO had planned a seven-story office building, too, but found the market soft, Sutnar said. ``What's happening in the area is the dual warehouse - they are converting and using them for offices because they're less expensive,'' he said. Also planned early on was a full-service Holiday Inn, but Sutnar said that again there was no market demand. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO An Extended Stay America and Coco's restaurant will be built around this ``horseshoe'' oak tree. Shaun Dyer/Special to the Daily News |
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