Planning board approves hotel project

BOULDER – Construction of two new hotels on the current site of the Golden Buff hotel in Boulder could begin late this summer, according to its developer.

The Boulder Planning Board on Thursday approved local developer Scott Pedersen’s plan to demolish the Golden Buff Hotel at 1725 28th St. and Eads Newsstand at 1715 28th St. and replace them with the hotels and a 35,000-square-foot building for offices, retail and restaurants.

The site will have a 184-room full-service hotel and a 177-room select-service hotel built over an underground parking garage.

Developers are deciding which national chain to partner with. Pedersen said the two…