Preview: First Hotel on Lancaster Blvd.

A project to erect the first hotel along Lancaster Boulevard holds the promise of upgrading the entire downtown section of the city. Developed as a joint venture between InSite Development in Woodland Hills and St. Louis hotel firm Midas Hospitality, the project will create a $25 million, 107-key extended-stay Residence Inn by Marriott International at 857 W. Lancaster Blvd. on the Antelope Valley’s busiest thoroughfare. Construction of the four-story, 80,000-square-foot building is scheduled to begin later this year, with the hotel’s opening planned for early 2021. It will be the first hotel in Lancaster that isn’t located along the 14 freeway. Read the full story in the Aug. 19 issue of the San Fernando Valley Business Journal.