SEASIDE >> Two items pertaining to the construction of the Grand Hyatt Seaside Resort Hotel, the four-star Hyatt property being built at the Bayonet and Black Horse Golf Course in Seaside, were approved by the Seaside City Council at its last meeting.

SKDG, the owner of the hotel site, requested the date to close a hotel construction loan be extended from July 12 this year to Jan. 31, 2025. In a written request to the city, the owner asserted that the construction loan will not to be drawn upon until February next year and it has been using its own capital to meet other obligations set forth in the performance schedule in the disposition and development agreement. The city agreed to extend the time for acquiring the construction loan.

During the same meeting, the Seaside City Council authorized a professional services agreement with Wallace Group for construction management and inspection of the Grand Hyatt Seaside Resort Hotel in an amount not to exceed $193,734, to be reimbursed by the developer — SKDG’s subsidiary, Seaside Acquisition Group.

The Grand Hyatt Seaside Resort Hotel will consist of an eight-level, 307,200-square-foot single building that would include 330 guest rooms, a conference center with meeting rooms, restaurants, lobby bar, service kitchen, administrative offices, food and beverage, spa and fitness and service/circulation areas. An outdoor swimming pool is proposed adjacent to the south elevation of the hotel building.

Surface parking for the hotel property and golf course will be located largely between the hotel and the golf clubhouse to the west, according to city documents. Additional parking will be available within an overflow parking lot located along General Jim Moore Boulevard to the east as originally approved and valet parking on level one below the event center. McClure Way, a two-way road, will also be improved and will provide access to the surface parking lot and valet parking on the west side of the hotel and the overflow parking on Gen. Jim Moore Boulevard.Some other associated improvements include water, sewer, and storm drain lines, and storm water treatment devices. Installation of water and sewer utilities, to be owned and maintained by Marina Coast Water District, in McClure Way has already started. Grading for the hotel portion of the project is expected to start next month.

The Grand Hyatt Seaside Resort Hotel will be designed in a contemporary architectural style, featuring a parapet roof, white plaster walls, with floor to ceiling glazing in guest rooms with balconies. The resort will incorporate a convention center of about 35,000 square feet on the two lower levels with several large event spaces and support spaces, and seven levels of hotel guest rooms totaling about 195,000 square feet, with amenities such as a spa and fitness space of about 13,000 square feet, restaurants totaling about 14,000 square feet and a large exterior courtyard.

When built, the Grand Hyatt Seaside Resort Hotel will be one of four Grand Hyatt hotels in California, joining two in San Francisco and one in San Diego. There are 62 Grand Hyatt hotels in 28 countries offering an upscale stay in big cities, beach destinations and a few airport locations including 13 Grand Hyatt hotels in the United States which often compete with InterContinental, Fairmont, JW Marriott and Conrad properties. Hyatt has about 20 brands under its name including Park Hyatt, Hyatt Regency and Hyatt Place.

The Seaside Resort Project was approved by the Seaside City Council and Redevelopment Agency in July 2005. Approvals included a vesting tentative map, design review of the entire project, site plan review for the hotel, a use permit for the sale of alcoholic beverages, a use permit for timeshares, a use permit for residential uses and a conveyance agreement and disposition and development agreement between the city and the developer.