{"id":68622,"date":"2025-10-01T11:22:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T15:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=68622"},"modified":"2025-10-01T11:22:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T15:22:07","slug":"genesee-county-8-5-million-renovation-proposed-at-batavia-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/10\/01\/genesee-county-8-5-million-renovation-proposed-at-batavia-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/$8.5 million renovation proposed at Batavia hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>GCEDC Board to consider improvements to 8250 Park Road facility at Oct. 2 meeting<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Press release<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BATAVIA, NY \u2013 The Genesee County Economic Development Center (GCEDC) board of directors will consider an initial resolution at its October 2, 2025, meeting for a $8.5 million hotel renovation project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8250 Park Road LLC will be renovating the current 125,000 square-foot water park hotel next to Target in the town of Batavia into two hotels for a total of 167 units. The renovation would host a 99-unit Holiday Inn hotel and a 68-unit Candlewood Suites hotel upon completion, and the project also includes the renovation of the existing water park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new facility is anticipated to create 15 new full-time equivalent (FTE) positions and retain 20 FTEs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The project is requesting assistance from the GCEDC with a sales tax exemption estimated at $267,200, a mortgage tax exemption estimated at $50,000, and a property tax exemption estimated at $884,472 based on the incremental increase in assessed value via a new traditional 10-year PILOT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The project is estimated to generate $9.9 million in local fiscal impacts, including payroll and tax revenues, for an estimated $10 local benefit for every $1 of requested incentives. In addition, once ramped up, the project is projected to generate over $123,704 annually in bed tax revenue to the county.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The GCEDC board will also consider previously tabled proposals for two community solar projects in Pembroke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>SL Pembroke, LLC is proposing a $10.1 million 4-megawatt community solar project on Tesnow Road in Pembroke. The project would generate a total of $276,695 in revenues to the Town of Pembroke, Genesee County, and Akron School District over 15 years. The project would also generate $2,500\/MWAC + a 2% annual escalator in host benefit agreement payments to the Town of Pembroke. The project is requesting a $811,128 sales tax exemption, a $101,391 mortgage tax exemption, and a $399,385 property tax exemption.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>SL Pembroke 2, LLC is proposing a $11.8 million 5-megawatt community solar project on Tesnow Road in Pembroke. The project would generate a total of $345,868 in revenue to the Town of Pembroke, Genesee County, and Akron School District over 15 years. The project would also generate $2,500\/MWAC + a 2% annual escalator in host benefit agreement payments to the Town of Pembroke. The project is requesting a $944,786 sales tax exemption, a $118,098 mortgage tax exemption, and a $499,232 property tax exemption.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The GCEDC board meeting will be on Thursday, October 2 at 4 p.m. at the MedTech Center\u2019s Innovation Zone, 99 MedTech Drive, Batavia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meeting materials and links to a live stream\/on-demand recording of the meeting are available at&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gcedc.com%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7C%7C36d65ecb88a4454c7b2108de00fb0b14%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638949275713502931%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=3r6%2FkebejVSGXkwK6LzyP%2BSsXBmDMVeqBLRM2n4f1SM%3D&amp;reserved=0\">www.gcedc.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GCEDC Board to consider improvements to 8250 Park Road facility at Oct. 2 meeting Press release BATAVIA, NY \u2013 The Genesee County Economic Development Center (GCEDC) board of directors will consider an initial resolution at its October 2, 2025, meeting for a $8.5 million hotel renovation project. 8250 Park Road \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/10\/01\/genesee-county-8-5-million-renovation-proposed-at-batavia-hotel\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23,1],"tags":[432],"class_list":["post-68622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genesee-county","category-uncategorized","tag-gcedc"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-hQO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":68712,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/10\/03\/genesee-county-gcedc-board-advances-8-5-million-hotel-renovation\/","url_meta":{"origin":68622,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/GCEDC Board advances $8.5 Million hotel renovation","author":"aka","date":"October 3, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Proposed incentives for future Holiday Inn and Candlewood Suites moves to public hearing Press release BATAVIA, NY \u2013 A project to renovate a Town of Batavia hotel is estimated to generate $9.9 million of local fiscal impacts. 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