A development and disposition agreement that’s likely the final step toward building a large Nickelodeon-themed hotel at Harbor Boulevard in Garden Grove, Orange County, California was approved by the Garden Grove City Council on Tuesday (Sept. 13) night.
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On a 6-0 vote (with second district member Councilmember John O’Neill recusing himself), a resolution approving a disposition and development agreement with Newage Garden Grove II, LLC passed.
Now the developer is committed to construct a 500-suite full service hotel on a 3.72 acre site on Harbor Boulevard, immediately south of the Sheraton Hotel.
It would include a themed “pool experience” with a “lazy river,” event space that includes a 600-seat theater and grand ballroom and more.
The estimated net project revenue to the city by Year 3 is $3.5 million annually. Over 30 years, the project is expected to generate about $236.4 million to the city in a combination of “bed tax” charged to hotel guests, sales tax and property tax.
As many as 1,000 new jobs are expected to be generated from construction and in the resort.
The proposed project would include:
- a themed pool experience with a “lazy river” and pool slide
- event space with a 600-seat theater
- 17,715 square feet of ballroom/meeting space
- 22,296 square feet of hotel restaurant
- 5,480 square feet of retail
- themed amenities totaling 13,238 square feet
- a 7,000 square foot arcade
- a spa and fitness center of 8,532 square feet
- a five-level parking structure with 528 parking spaces.
Once construction starts, completion should take 18 to 24 months estimates Lisa Kim, assistant city manager and director of community and economic development.
We first heard of plans to open a Nick Hotel in OC in 2016, when Nickelodeon and Kam Sang Co. planned to open a Nick-themed hotel in the city. However, the project was delayed by the end of redevelopment as well as the coronavirus pandemic.
Also on the agenda approved at the Garden Grove City Council meeting were:
- adoption of a resolution authorizing submittal of an application to the County of Orange Continuum of Care for the “Special Notice of Funding Opportunity” to address unsheltered homelessness (Garden Grove is in the process of developing a “navigation center” for the homeless, in conjunction with Westminster and Fountain Valley);
- two purchase orders for a total of 17 police vehicles with a total cost of over $800,000;
- second reading of an ordinance for a planned unit development for a two-hotel project at the northwest corner of Harbor Boulevard and Twintree Avenue;
- a purchase agreement for property at 13871 West St. for use as a navigation center for the homeless (cost: $5,650,000) and awarding a contract for architectural services for the building to Borders Architect (cost: $304,000).
Update (6/26/26) - The long-delayed Nickelodeon project planned for the Harbor Boulevard hotel district in Garden Grove took another big – perhaps the final – step toward putting some sticks in the ground.
On Tuesday night the City Council voted 7-0 to approve the second reading and adoption of an ordinance approving a planned unit development for the construction of the 23-story, 500-room hotel project at the northwest corner corner of Harbor at Twintree Avenue in the west side of Harbor, immediately south of the existing Sheraton Hotel.
It will be built on a 3.72-acre site.
The development will also include 17,715-square feet of ballroom and meeting rooms; restaurants that can seat up to 600 people and the Nick Studio theater, a studio hall, and 8,532 square feet devoted to retail and fitness spa.
The studio will be used to create and broadcast Nickelodeon TV properties.
It’s a property of Paramount, which is owned by Skydance Corporation.
The process has been a long journey. The city council originally approved a disposition and development agreement in 2022, but the COVID-19 epidemic and other challenges delayed the project.
The project holds the prospect for a big boost in tax revenue to the city through “transient occupancy tax” paid by hotel guests.
In 2022, the total tax revenue flowing to the city from the project was estimated at $3.5 million annually, with $236.4 million over a 30-year period.
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Originally published: September 15, 2022.
Original source: The Tribune.
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