Business View Civil and Municipal | Volume 3, Issue 3

142 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 3 for good, and with a city with a large tech sector that relies heavily on business tourism, it could have been damaging. Peachtree Corners is home to many hotels, many of which had no clear path out of the lulls produced by the pandemic. Johnson attests, “We have seen a few hotels lose their large corporate flag, so we worked with those property owners in some cases to just demolish the property because it was time for it to go. But we’ve also done some things to help ones that were still a really good property, but at risk of losing their flag.” One example is a former extended stay hotel that offered larger suites complete with full kitchen areas and separate sleeping space. “We pre-emptively created an ordinance allowing for conversion of hotels that met certain criteria, both in their performance and their configuration, and allowed them to convert from an extended stay to an apartment,” Johnson explains. “So we had an extended stay www.playgroundcreations.com 1500-K Southland Circle Atlanta, GA 30318 678-904-4080