Developer Charles Macfarlane, principal of Macfarlane Properties, hit a snag in working through the city approval process for a planned Hyatt Place Hotel along the Kanawha Canal. The additional work — involving the setback of the building and a water quality impact assessment — has set the project back by an estimated six months, Macfarlane said. The hotel, which is still targeted to open in 2019, would be built between South 12th and Virginia streets north of the Kanawha Canal and overlook waterways on the south-facing side and the Downtown Expressway on the other. Despite the setback, Mcfarlane said he and his team remain committed to the project. They expect to start construction in the third quarter. An industrial building straddling the canal would be torn down to make way for the 10-story hotel, opening up the Canal Walk on either side of the waterway.