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Pearl Resort Addition and Renovations/Clearwater, Florida
Architects
Adache Group Architects/Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Developer
JMC Communities/St. Petersburg,Florida
Size
250,000 sf
Cost
$60 million
TLC Services
M/E
 
The
first new resort hotel on Clearwater Beach in 25 years
features 258 rooms, a world-class spa, fine dining, state-of-the-art
meeting rooms and ballroom, and more than 11,000-sf of
retail space. Accommodations are sophisticated yet comfortably
casual. Elegantly furnished guest rooms have high ceilings
and balconies for an open, airy feel. The top two floors
house one- and two-bedroom suites that will be sold to
owners for their personal use for a predetermined number
of weeks per year. Sitting atop an elevated deck, the
oversize oceanfront pool provides a magnificent view of
the Gulf of Mexico and serves as the focal point of the
resort.In keeping with the developer’s wishes to
make the hotel environmentally friendly, the mechanical
and electrical design incorporates energy-efficient systems
and equipment. Flexible air-conditioning and ventilation
systems serve the different types of spaces including
the lobby, kitchen and dining areas, retail areas and
living spaces. The building management system employs
a distributed network and direct digital controls system.
The hotel is fully protected by sprinklers and is served
by both wet pipe and pre-action sprinkler systems. TLC
engineers worked closely with the hotel’s spa consultant
to ensure that the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing
systems suit the spa’s specialized ventilation requirements
and other needs.Throughout the hotel, energy-efficient
lighting is customized to suit the varied spaces and is
managed by a computerized lighting control system. Backup
power for life safety systems is provided by a 500-kw
generator.The building is designed to meet U.S. Green
Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental
(LEED®) standards and would be the first hotel in
Florida to be LEED certified.
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