Fairhope has The Grand Hotel. Downtown Mobile has The Battle House Hotel. Gulf Shores and Orange Beach are filled with luxurious beachfront condominiums and townhouses, a new Embassy Suites, and the Lodge at Gulf State Park.
But when it comes to boutique accommodations in one of the largest cities in coastal Alabama, a void emerges. A Daphne resident and head of a development company based in the city hopes a $30 million to $35 million project called Hotel Fortuna can fill what he sees as a glaring need.
“I love boutique hotels and it’s one of the things I’d like to do here to create an experience and brand that is different than those already offered in South Alabama and the Gulf Coast,” said Nathan Cox, founder and chairman of 68 Ventures, the development and investment firm based in Daphne…