The Charlottesville, Va., property is planning a comprehensive reconstruction of its hotel’s interior and foundation along with a “floor-to-ceiling makeover” of the 48 rooms and suites, public spaces, meeting facilities and dining areas. The hotel will close early next year and reopen in spring 2019.
Early next year, the Keswick Hall & Golf Club in Charlottesville, Va., will close the doors of its hotel for an extensive renovation that is expected to last until spring 2019, the Charlottesville-based Daily Progress reported.
The project will feature a comprehensive reconstruction of the building’s interior and foundation along with a “floor-to-ceiling makeover” of the hotel’s 48 rooms and suites, public spaces, meeting facilities and dining areas, the Daily Progress reported.
The main building, parts of which were constructed more than 100 years ago, has not been renovated since the 1990s, owners Robert and Molly Hardie said. While portions have been “tinkered with over the years,” Molly Hardie said, things like the roof, heating and cooling systems, plumbing and other aspects of the infrastructure are due for a revamp, the Daily Progress reported.
“That precipitated a larger-scale project, but the timing is really good and we’re really excited about the changes,” she said.
The owners originally wanted to keep the hotel open during the work, but decided that doing so “wouldn’t be fair” to the hotel’s guests, Robert Hardie said.
“We think it’s the right decision, and we’re really excited about what’s coming out of the other side,” he said. “It’s an incredibly special property, and we want to continue to make it special to our guests in the future.”
The cost of the renovation is “still being reviewed,” General Manager John Trevenen said, but he noted that it would be a “large undertaking,” the Daily Progress reported.
The resort’s golf course, Full Cry at Keswick Golf Club, will remain open during the renovation, along with the golf clubhouse, spa, fitness center, driving range and members’ pool. The resort’s full-service pavilion pool and tennis facilities will also be unaffected during the closure, the Daily Progress reported.
The modernization will come with new furnishings, colors and finishes. With the renovation set to begin in January, Trevenen said management has “talked agonizingly” about how the resort’s staff will be affected by the closure and is working with local community resources to ensure that all staffers have work come next year, the Daily Progress reported.
“We’ll be working over the next 60 to 90 days with anyone who is displaced to get them employment and make sure they’re in good places and good jobs, and, hopefully, they’ll come back to us when we’re finished and ready,” Trevenen said.
He noted that the 600-acre resort has “five-star, five-diamond equivalency trained” employees. “It’s hard to build up and then lose a great staff like that because of a closure,” Trevenen said. “In this community, we understand that our people need help, and we’ll be providing it for them.”
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