Doylestown hotel plan dropped – rubble remains
A controversial plan to build a multi-level hotel at 57 W. Court Street in Doylestown Borough has been scrapped by developer Larry Thomson; the borough administration has said the project is no longer on the agenda. The site is covered in rubble from the time last year when the former Doylestown Borough Hall was torn down. Thomson’s hotel plan met with neighborhood opposition to potential traffic, noise, parking, and other concerns some residents had about the proposed 47-room hotel, 70-seat restaurant, and 120-person event space. A proposed rooftop terrace that had unanimous zoning board support to go beyond height restrictions and add a fourth floor on the hotel in October 2025 never moved forward. The future of the site in the central commercial district is uncertain. Thomson bought the property from the borough in 2021 for $2.3 million. The money was used to offset the cost of repurposing the new administrative and police complex at 10 Doyle Street.
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