A new $35 million dollar hotel could be coming to Padre Island on Windward Drive along the Michael J. Ellis Seawall. According to blueprints that the developers on the project, RGB Hospitality, filed with the city of Corpus Christi, the development would include a Mariott Residence Inn and a Courtyard Residence Inn attached to each other, making a resort. Padre Island neighbors have mixed reactions about the potential development.
“Traffic is always a concern, and I don’t know what the design is, as far as parking spaces they’re gonna build, so I think that’s what’s gonna make a difference,” said Stacy De La Vara, a Padre Island neighbor.
Some see the development as a positive addition to the area and the local economy…