An out-of-state developer is pitching plans for a 10-story hotel in downtown St. Paul.

The 472 Jackson St. project, on a surface parking lot east of Jackson Street and bordered by Seventh and Ninth streets, is being proposed by Middleton, Wis.-based developer Raymond Management Co.

The plan, already pitched to and supported by the CapitolRiver Council, the downtown area’s neighborhood council, calls for a 185-room hotel, including two levels of parking for guests. Related Articles Chris Coleman wants jobs, not housing, in soon-empty downtown building

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Council director Jon Fury noted “there were some elements of the design not quite final,” but those elements were largely cosmetic.

Fury added that some residents and businesses could be concerned by the loss of the lot for parking.

Staff for Raymond Management were on a company retreat Thursday and could not be reached for comment, according to a woman who answered the phone there. The project architect, Gary Brink and Associates, also based in Middleton, also could not be reached Thursday.

Adjacent buildings on the block, including Pomeroy’s Animal Hospital, would remain intact, according to the plan.

The city’s Department of Safety and Inspections has given the plan preliminary approval.