Since BU's 2016 sale of commercial space in Kenmore Square, students in East Campus have already felt the loss of a City Convenience location — and soon, will lose the BU Barnes and Noble.

Plans to build a new hotel and plaza at the western edge of Kenmore Square were unveiled by property developer Robert Korff at a community meeting Tuesday night. The proposed hotel would tower nearly 300 feet above the site currently occupied by a Citizens Bank, at the junction of Commonwealth Avenue and Beacon Street.