Mystic Seaport Museum announced Wednesday that construction of a 26-room boutique hotel on the site of the Latitude 41 restaurant will be delayed until early 2022 because of the “economic and market uncertainty caused by COVID-19.” Construction of the $12 million project by Greenwich Hospitality Group had been slated to begin in early 2021 and ready for a spring 2022 opening. Last month, the Stonington Planning and Zoning Commission approved plans for the three-story hotel, which also will house a 160-seat restaurant with banquet space that would accommodate 250 seats, as well as a guest cottage. Tony Sheridan, president and CEO of the Eastern Connecticut chamber, stressed that the basic fundamentals of the region’s economy, such as Electric Boat building submarines and the start of an offshore wind industry based in New London, are strong.
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