Marriott Developer May Appeal Cape Cod Commission Decision

CCB MEDIA FILE PHOTO A standing-room-only crowd turned out to a Falmouth Selectmen's meeting to show their opposition to the project to build a Marriott hotel on Main Street.

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A standing-room-only crowd turned out to a Falmouth Selectmen’s meeting to show their opposition to the project to build a Marriott hotel on Main Street.

FALMOUTH – The Cape Cod Commission still has one more vote to take as part of its denial of the controversial project to construct a Springhill Suites by Marriott hotel on Main Street in Falmouth. But the developer of the proposed project is already considering an appeal of the decision.

Attorney Kevin S. Eriksen, who represents Falmouth Hospitality LLC, a limited liability company run by Robert A. Walker, said the commission’s decision to turn down the project “rises to the level of being arbitrary and capricious.”

“We are extremely upset by the decision. We are weighing all our options,” Eriksen said. “Frankly, we think it’s irresponsible.”

At a meeting on September 3, the commission opted to turn down the project by a vote of 11 to 7. The vote was contrary to a subcommittee decision to approve the project.

Eriksen said the developer’s ire is directed toward the 11 commissioners who voted against the project, who, he said, “based their decision on opinion and arbitrary facts that are indefensible.”

Turning down a project is rare for the commission. This is only the third time in 10 years that a project has been denied, according to Jonathan Idman, chief regulatory officer of the commission. The others were the Lowes project in Dennis and New Generation Wind in Bourne.

The Commission is scheduled to take a final vote on the project at its meeting on September 17.

The decision has a 30-day appeal period once it is finalized.

By LAURA M. RECKFORD, CapeCod.com NewsCenter

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