New hotel on Fort Lauderdale beach obtains $18M construction loan

A Cambria Hotel & Suites will rise a block from the beach in Fort Lauderdale after a developer obtained an $18 million construction loan.

Coral Gables-based Marquis Bank awarded the mortgage to Hotel Motel Inc., with managing member Jai Motwani as the guarantor. It covers the 1.11-acre site at 2201, 2202, 2221, and 2231 N. Ocean Blvd. The 67 hotel rooms currently on the property will be demolished.

The Cambria Hotel & Suites would total 91,520 square feet, with 97 rooms and and an equal number…