PENSACOLA, Fla. — The Grand Hotel has sat vacant in Downtown Pensacola for about five years after Hurricane Sally damaged the property.
For years the city has said it wants to revitalize the hotel. Local developer George Hawthorne has a deal in place with the owner to purchase the hotel and he wants to renovate the hotel and add other amenities.
Hawthorne says if everything is approved he hopes to get the Grand up and running by 2027…