If you are in Chelan, you may have seen the activity going on at BC McDonalds. I did not realize just how exciting the project was until I met with Brent McDonald, the owner, and Ron Coulter, the architect, for a tour of the project.
All that activity is over a dozen luxury hotel rooms right in downtown Chelan above BC McDonald's restaurant. The hotel is keeping the name of the original "The Lakeview Hotel" which had been a hotel, in that same location, from around 1943 until the late 1980's. The building was originally constructed in 1926 and the Lakeview Hotel is projected to reopen at the end of July, 2009.
While the original hotel was not considered up-market, the new hotel has a dozen beautiful spacious rooms where the original Lakeview Hotel had 32 rooms! Each room is large, with its own fireplace, Jacuzzi tub or huge shower, wet bar. flat screen television and very high end appointments and finishes. The new hotel is finished in classic, period looking fixtures and trims. The decks and planter boxes have spectacular railings and metal work, sporting a grape cluster motif, built locally in Cashmere.
There are several suites, but even the "standard" rooms I saw had high ceilings that lend a big, roomy feel to the experience. Many of the guest rooms have their own outside decks with views of the river or westward towards Lake Chelan. Other touches include sliding doors that allow viewing the big screen while lounging in the jetted tub.
There is a lounge available for all guests with a deck that overlooks Riverwalk Park and has its own Lake Chelan views as well. It has its own fireplace inside too! It is a beautiful spot to sit and spend a few minutes or a few hours. Don't miss your chance to tour this facility when it opens. You will want to recommend it to your friends.
With the downtown location, most visitors will hardly need their car, but when they do, they will have valet parking and service. The newly paved parking lot over on Chelan Avenue is part of the project and where the valets will park guests' vehicles.
This was a challenging construction project involving significant structural upgrades of steel reinforcing and structural ties to the masonry walls. Jamie Rimmer and the crew from Rimmer&Roeter are the general contractors who were working throughout the coldest part of last winter doing all the structural work.
Congratulations are in order for the McDonalds and Ron Coulter for a beautiful project that is great for our downtown. The McDonalds are getting quite a history of successful projects in town starting with BC McDonalds ten years ago, the Bamboo Shoot last October and now the Lakeview hotel, opening this summer!
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