100-unit apartment building planned next to Syracuse's Hotel Skyler

Syracuse, N.Y. Hotelier Norm Swanson is planning to build a five-story, 100-unit apartment building next to his Hotel Skyler on University Hill.

Skyler Commons will be built on what is currently a parking lot at 908 Harrison St., just east of the 58-room Hotel Skyler.

Swanson said he expects to begin construction in July. The apartments, which all will be one-bedroom units, will be available for lease early in the spring of 2015, he said.

The building will be clad in fiber cement panels with the main facades featuring projecting bays in vertical bands. The main entrance will feature a black metal roof matching the roof over the courtyard area attached to the Hotel Skyler next door.

Swanson expects many of the building's tenants to be Syracuse University students and people who work on University Hill. Monthly rents will be about $1,100, including all utilities and wireless Internet service, he said.

The property will have 55 parking spaces, including 30 in a basement garage. Swanson has applied to the city for zoning variances related to required parking, maximum height, density, and front and side yard setbacks.

Swanson opened the Hotel Skyler in 2011 in a building that was built in 1921 as Temple Adath Yeshurun and later served as the home of Salt City Theatre. It is the only hotel in Syracuse that meets the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design platinum standards.

The hotel, which is named after his grandson, is Swanson's third in Syracuse. The other two are the Genesee Grande and the Parkview Hotel, both on East Genesee Street.

Contact Rick Moriarty at rmoriarty@syracuse.com or (315) 470-3148. Follow him on Twitter @RickMoriartyCNY and on Facebook at rick.moriarty.92.

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100-unit apartment building planned next to Syracuse's Hotel Skyler