SLO Airport Hotel

Documented scope

Guest rooms

204, dual-branded [2]

Floor area

127,200 square feet, three stories (city tracker); about 125,000 square feet in two attached buildings in the 2021 environmental notice [2]

Site area

5.04 acres, with about 4.33 acres of site disturbance [3]

Milestones

1. April 23, 2021City released the mitigated negative declaration for design review and a use permit (public review to May 24, 2021). [3]
2. April 2, 2024City summary reported the project in building permit review with 204 rooms. [4]
3. September 2026City tracker lists the project as under building review. [2]

Dates are shown with the precision the source gives: a month or a year when the record has no exact day.

What changed

• September 21, 2026 City tracker update keeps the SLO Airport Hotel in the under-building-review list. [1]

What the records leave open

• The city tracker stage was not confirmed by a site inspection or a permit-file review. No building permit issuance, construction start or completion date is published.
• The floor area differs between the tracker (127,200 square feet) and the 2021 environmental notice (about 125,000 square feet). The date of the city's design review and use permit approval was not found in the records checked; the building-review stage implies the entitlement was granted.
• The applicant and the hotel brands are not named in the city record. Commercial listings reported in the research summary describe Hilton brands and a smaller 92-room variant, which were not verified.

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Sources

1. Current Development Projects (City of San Luis Obispo development tracker), City of San Luis Obispo, September 21, 2026 (checked November 5, 2026) Story map shows 'Updated September 2026'; page metadata gives a September 21, 2026 modification date.
2. Tracker record: SLO Airport Hotel (Under Building Review layer), City of San Luis Obispo, September 2026 (checked November 5, 2026)
3. SLO Airport Hotel Project, SCH 2021040586: mitigated negative declaration notice of completion, California Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (CEQAnet), April 23, 2021 (checked November 5, 2026)
4. San Luis Obispo is experiencing a hotel boom, KSBY (news), April 2, 2024 (checked November 5, 2026) Reports a city list of hotel projects; entry: SLO Airport Hotel (950 and 990 Aero Drive), in building permit review, 204 rooms.

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