Tunnel to Towers Pledges $10 Million to Turn Coral Springs La Quinta Into Housing for Veterans

Facebook Twitter/X LinkedIn Reddit WhatsApp 73Shares {Tunnel to Towers Foundation} The Tunnel to Towers Foundation has pledged $10 million to buy a La Quinta hotel in Coral Springs and turn it into permanent housing for veterans. The city’s Planning and Zoning Board will hear a proposal at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, November 9, to convert the 1980s-era La Quinta Inn Suites in Coral Springs, located at 3701 North University Drive, north of Sample Road, into a 100-unit community that will become a Veteran Village for honorably discharged men and women. The Planning and Zoning Board will consider the firm’s request for special exemptions and waivers. The redevelopment project is estimated to cost $20 million to complete. Gavin Naples, executive vice president of the foundation’s Homeless Veteran Program, told Coral Springs Talk the organization has spent eight months working through the city’s approval process and already has the money to buy and renovate the hotel. “The acquisition and