SAN DIEGO-Carlsbad, CA-based developer GLJ Partners and developer-architect Jonathan Segal have received approval from the Centre City Development Corp. for a 364-room dual hotel project on the former Fat City/China Camp restaurant site at the corner of Pacific Coast Highway and Hawthorne St. in Little Italy. Kim John Kilkenny, acting CCDC president, found the project consistent with the goals, policies and development regulations of the general plan, community plan and the Centre City planned district ordinance.

Construction costs are estimated at $40 million for the proposed six-story, 239,100-square-foot project, designed by Gene Fong Associates of Los Angeles. The property will include a standard hotel and an all-suites hotel, two pools and spas, two dining rooms, meeting rooms, gym facilities, two retail/restaurant spaces totaling 2,500 square feet and basement garage parking. Many rooms on the upper floors will feature panoramic views of the San Diego Bay.

According to Garth Edrossy, president of GLJ Partners, the hotel will incorporate the art deco-style fa