Ireland’s Inn developer scales back excavation

The old Ireland's Inn site in Fort Lauderdale
The old Ireland's Inn site in Fort Lauderdale

The developers of a planned hotel and condominium at the old Ireland’s Inn site in Fort Lauderdale have scaled back their plans for three-story underground parking garage.

Fairwinds on the Ocean has reduced the depth of the excavation to a single-level garage that will use a mechanized, valet-only system to stack 588 cars.

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The sand from the digging will be given to the city for an upcoming beach renourishment project, according to the Sun Sentinel.

“It will save us a lot of time and a lot of money,” Fairwinds president Andy Mitchell said of the switch to a mechanized system. “It’s the same number of parking spots that we will need.” [Sun Sentinel]Christopher Cameron