A hotel in Fremont?

[randy_byers]

The Fremont Universe blog reports that the building housing the Dubliner (an Irish bar) and 23 apartments above has been sold for $4 million (!) and that the buyer is saying they will develop the apartments into a hostel or pensione-style hotel. That could be a potentially very cool development, although I'm curious what kind of demand there is for hotel rooms in Fremont. Would it be aimed at business people? Tourists? People who are in town visiting friends for the weekend?

Comments

[wrdnrd]

It it's a hostel-style hotel, merely the fact that Fremont is an interesting neighborhood with quick, direct access to downtown would be enough to make it a desirable location.

(Says she who's stayed in many hostels.)

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

I suppose so, but it seems to me that staying downtown gives you more choices of where to go. But I suppose if you mostly want to hang out in Fremont, at least, as you say, you have good access to downtown if you want it.

[wrdnrd]

Fremont space probably cheaper than downtown, tho'. The Hostelling International hostel lost their long-time space downtown about, hmmm, 4 years ago? Took them until just this past year to find new space (now they're in the International District, right near the transit tunnel, which i think is a fabulous location).

Did you know there's a hostel in Ballard? Also an odd place for one. But i hear it has a hot tub!

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

No, I hadn't heard that about Ballard. That explains everything! Fremont has to keep up with Ballard!

[voidampersand.livejournal.com]

Clearly they are angling to steal Corflu from the Deca.

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

I think you're onto something! We could use the function space in the Doric Hall next door, and the Dubliner could be the hospitality suite, a la a British convention.

[hal-obrien.livejournal.com]

How about, Anyone visiting Adobe or Getty Images? That's a subset of business people, yes, but those are two world-leading companies with substantial footprints in Fremont.

It's not unlike the cluster of Marriott properties (not only the Marriott at Redmond Town Center, but also a Courtyard and a Residence Inn) near Microsoft.

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

Or for that matter, Google, which has an admittedly smaller office in the same office park as Getty. It's entirely possible that that's the niche market they'd be after.