Talk to anybody in hospitality and they’ve got a hot project in the works. We did just that, and it has us revved up for our next event: LA Hotel Boom: A Race to the Top, this Friday, Nov. 7, at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles. Find out who’s buying, who’s developing, and how deals are getting financed. Continental breakfast and networking start at 8am sharp.
This morning, Sonnenblick Development principal Bob Sonnenblick (in full Halloween mode before trick-or-treating with his kids in Pacific Palisades) told us about his newest resort hotel project: Chambers Bay Resort in University Place, WA, a 30-minute drive from Sea-Tac Airport. What’s key for Bob, an avid golfer, is that next June, it’s going to be the home course of the 2015 US Open, where it will be seen by 300 million people on TV. Bob’s building a 320-room luxury hotel with a 40k SF conference center and a 10k SF spa, with a second golf course that will front directly on Puget Sound. The new course is being designed by the famed Robert Trent Jones Jr.