The Pinnacle Hospitality Group’s proposal to build a 107 room hotel with a small conference and meeting room accommodating 35 people, has cleared another hurdle. The hotel project was first proposed 5 years ago for the Beatty and Providence Road location, site of a former medical center. The proposal has faced numerous legal challenges .

The bulk of the site is located in Media, but the project still required approval from Nether Providence for a sliver of the property in the township. That area totals about 8,300 square feet and would be used for parking and trash-disposal facilities.

Last month, the township Board of Commissioners approved  the preliminary land development plan for the project by a 6-0 vote. Pinnacle Hospitality would agree to the more than dozen conditions sought by the township, including securing land development approval from Media and designing light fixtures for use at the rear property line that would not produce light spill or glare on surrounding residential properties.

Pinnacle will also make a contribution to Nether Providence of $4,200 for every 1,000 square feet of the property in the township.

Pinnacle, represented by Weichert Realtors – Media, obtained the property formerly known as the Providence Medical Center, in July 2007 for a purchase price of $3,000,000.