Getting started on ‘Gorilla’

Hampton Inn set to ‘elevate’ 129/I-10 interchange

An artist’s rendering of the new five-story, 123-room Hampton Inn & Suites that is planned for the U.S. Highway 129 and Interstate 10 interchange on the north side of Live Oak. Construction will begin on the hotel in November. (COURTESY)
An artist’s rendering of the new five-story, 123-room Hampton Inn & Suites that is planned for the U.S. Highway 129 and Interstate 10 interchange on the north side of Live Oak. Construction will begin on the hotel in November. (COURTESY)

LIVE OAK — Live Oak and Suwannee County will soon to be home to a gorilla.

Or at least a gorilla-sized project near the Interstate 10 and U.S. Highway 129 interchange.

Nick Patel plans to begin con…