Developer to build luxury Westin in Heathrow

Source: Orlando Business Journal - by Dan Ping Staff Writer

HEATHROW -- An Alabama hotel developer plans to bring a heavenly approach to a new project in Heathrow.

Srinath Yedla, CEO of Yedla Management Co., will break ground in February on a Westin-brand luxury hotel at the northwest corner of County Road 46A and International Parkway.

Details are still being finalized, but Yedla says the hotel will feature about 250 rooms and Westin's signature Heavenly Spa offering messages, manicures, pedicures, and a full-service salon for men and women.

Yedla declines to provide an estimated cost or square footage of the project, noting that the size of the spa and other amenities has yet to be determined. "We want to do a sky deck and provide some other amenities that will make this an ultra-luxury hotel," Yedla says.

Plans also call for a full-service restaurant and free-standing sushi bar. Yedla is negotiating with several restaurant operators, but emphatically says none are steakhouses. "The flagship Ruth's Chris Steakhouse is within sight of our property. We'll go in a different direction."

Flying the Westin flag, Yedla intends for the property to qualify for AAA's four-diamond ranking.

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