Atlanta

Step inside the new Hotel Clermont

ATLANTA — Local and state politicians gathered off Ponce de Leon Avenue Tuesday evening outside the former Clermont Motor Hotel for the groundbreaking of the new Hotel Clermont.

It’s slated to open this time next year, as a 94-room boutique hotel with art deco accents, a rooftop bar and a destination restaurant.

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Developers say Clermont Lounge, billed as Atlanta’s oldest strip club, will remain.

Channel 2 Action News got a look inside the previously condemned building, which is missing window panes and is boarded up in places.

Georgia Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, Atlanta City Council President Ceasar Mitchell and City Councilmember Kwanza Hall were all there for the festivities.