Go-ahead to convert commercial buildings into more than 100 apartments

Go-ahead to convert commercial buildings into more than 100 apartments

The plans have been rubber-stamped

Proposal would convert Port Richey hotel into 122 apartments

A hotel along one of Pasco County’s busiest commercial corridors is poised for a new life as apartments. The Pasco County Commission is scheduled to consider a proposal to convert the 156-room hotel at 11736 U.S. Highway 19 in Port Richey, currently operating as La Vista Inn, into a 122-unit apartment community. Rather than demolishing the property, the developer plans to repurpose the existing buildings for long-term residential use. HCM Hospit…