Allegiant stopped construction on the Charlotte Harbor, Fla. property when the COVID-19 pandemic hit last year, but the travel company plans to restart work later this month. As part of the project, Allegiant is also renovating the Kingsway Golf Course in Lake Suzy, Fla.
Allegiant Travel Company, the developer and owner of the unfinished Sunseeker Resort in Charlotte Harbor, Fla. announced August 3 that it will resume construction on its destination resort later this month, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported. Allegiant stopped construction on Sunseeker when the COVID-19 pandemic hit last year. The plan was to get the company’s balance sheet back to where it needed to be and then resume construction.
If all goes well with labor, access to raw materials and current construction schedules, Sunseeker could welcome its first guests as early as 2023, the Herald-Tribune reported.
Now that travel is returning, vaccines are being distributed and financing is easier to obtain, the Herald-Tribune reported, construction can resume, John Redmond, president of Allegiant, said at an on-site press conference.
“We have been working day and night to try to bring this thing to fruition,” Redmond said.
As part of Sunseeker, Allegiant is also renovating the Kingsway Golf Course, which will open at the same time as the hotel for resort guests and members, the Herald-Tribune reported. Construction on the site will begin in the fall, led by Kipp Schulties, a renowned golf architect who has designed more than 60 courses, including the Boca Raton Resort & Club.
C+RB previously reported that the Lake Suzy, Fla. club was expected to open by 2021.
Upgrades to the course were to include a full redesign, replacement of turfgrass, irrigation and drainage systems, expansion and enhancements to the practice facility, and refurbishing the clubhouse, restaurant and event space, the Herald-Tribune reported.
More recently, nearby residents were upset that the property had become overgrown with weeds, dead grass, fallen palm fronds and other debris, C+RB reported.
The Sunseeker resort will consist of three towers, the Herald-Tribune reported. The main building will have 55,000 sq. ft. of meeting and event space overlooking where the Peace River converges with Charlotte Harbor, a state-of-the-art spa and fitness center, 512 hotel rooms, a promenade on the first floor flanked by restaurants, bars and retail stores and a rooftop pool and restaurant that will only be accessible to hotel guests.
The other two towers, south of the main building, will be filled with extended-stay rooms, the Herald-Tribune reported. There will be a steakhouse and Italian restaurant on the ground floor of one of them. And in the Peace River right next to the main building of the hotel, there will be a marina with a capacity of more than 200 boats.
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