A historic, independent hotel will be ready to open this summer on West Peachtree Street following months of renovations. Spanish Colonial-inspired Hotel Granada will offer 120 rooms and an open-air courtyard with multiple options for lounging, drinking, and dining. It used to be known as The Artmore.

Bookings, which begin in September, start at $229 per night for a king room. 

Located at 1302 W. Peachtree Street, the building originally opened in 1924 as the Granada Apartments and was converted to hotel uses in 1984. Prior to closing, it was Midtown’s only independent boutique hotel, stylized with a Spanish-Mediterranean red tile roof, stucco façade, and open courtyard.

Hodges Ward Elliot, a real estate advisory firm, arranged the hotel’s $21.1-million sale in 2022. Aparium will manage the hotel. Scarp Ridge Capital Partners and Monomoy Property Ventures led the Hotel Granada renovation. 

Ken Gowland of architecture firm MetroStudio led design and preservation work that updated the property’s stucco façade, distinctive roof, courtyard fountain, and a “Granada” mosaic tile inlay at the entrance. 

PetSmart is planning to reopen two stores in the Chicago area after closing several locations earlier this year. Both of the new stores are close to the previous locations they are replacing.

The new locations include a 20,000-square-foot store at 2534 N. Narragansett Avenue and a 17,000-square-foot store at 20393 N. Rand Road in Kildeer, reported the Chicago Business Journal. Both locations have grand opening events scheduled. Previously, the company operated a 26,000-square-foot store at 6655 W. Grand Ave. and a 20,000-square-foot store at 20771 N. Rand Road in Kildeer.

PetSmart spokeswoman Amber Schlaefer told the outlet, “The new locations feature an updated format that will offer a better customer experience including a cleaner look and feel with more efficient use of the footprint, updated salon and adoption areas.” PetSmart has more than 1,660 locations in North America and the stores sell a variety of pet food, treats, toys, and apparel, and provide training, grooming, and boarding.

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