Syracuse, N.Y. — Downtown Syracuse’s largest new hotel project since 2013 cleared a key hurdle this week, allowing developers to soon remove a dilapidated parking garage to make way for construction.
The Syracuse Planning Commission approved plans for the 10-story Onondaga Hotel planned by Indianapolis-based Sun Development at the corner of East Fayette and South Warren streets. It’s the site of an informal city park and the shuttered parking garage.
Sun Development and Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh announced the $87 million project in January, with the goal of having it open by the summer of 2027…