Plans are in the works to build a 105-room Hampton Inn & Suites between Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center and Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital.

A permit was issued Thursday for the $10.4 million hotel, which would be built on a vacant lot at 7931 Summa Ave.

Vince Patel, chief strategy officer for Athena Hospitality Group, a Kentucky-based hotel management and development firm that is handling the project, said the goal is to open the hotel in the first quarter of 2027.

Rooms in the Hampton Inn & Suites will have a rate between $125 and $145 a night. About 20 to 25 people will work at the property, Patel said.

The Hampton Inn will be an "upper midscale" property and feature amenities such as an indoor pool and studio suites with minibars, Patel said.

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