Well, that's nicer than the parking lot
TAMPA | The Epicurean Hotel (by Bern's) | 5 stories | 145 Rooms | complete
Info is about about The Epicurean, a condo hotel from and across from Bern's. The Bern's people usually do good stuff. The wine fest yesterday where this was presented was completely sold out well in advance ($100 a head and probably 700+ in total). It doesn't look like too much was revealed, but I only made an after party and not the actual wine fest so maybe it is just the reporting. It looks like there will be some condo units, though it's not clear if they are part of the 75 room count or not.
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http://www.sptimes.com/2007/04/30/Tampabay/A_hotel_built_for_you.shtml
A hotel built for your palate
For now, it's a dusty construction lot on S Howard Avenue.
But by the end of 2008, it'll be The Epicurean Hotel, a 75-room boutique hotel that will include a rooftop pool and bar, a spa and a parking garage.
On Sunday, Bern's Steak House owner David Laxer unveiled plans for the luxury condominium hotel project four years in the making that his family will open across the street from their restaurant.
With a focus on food, the hotel will feature upscale wine and cooking demonstrations, classes and wine tastings at the Bern Laxer School of Food and Wine.
It will also feature a new 18, 000-square-foot signature restaurant that will serve hotel and local guests from breakfast into the late night.
Chef partner Jeannie Pierola didn't reveal a lot about the restaurant, except to say it will have a very different approach.
Bern's Fine Wine and Spirits, now located down the street from the steak house, will expand into a new 9, 000 square foot location in the hotel that will house guest wine lockers and storage.
"I don't think there's anything in the country like this, " Laxer said.
Alexandra Zayas can be reached at [email protected] or 813 226-3354.
Update: the Tampa Bay Business Journal had more information:
Urban Studio Architects, Smith & Associates Real Estate and Coral Hospitality are working with Bern's on the new property. Urban Studio Architects provided design services, and Smith & Associates is responsible for selling the suites.
Coral Hospitality is providing technical services and consulting during the pre-opening stages and then will provide hotel management services after the opening, scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2008.
The hotel will house a restaurant and an expanded Bern's Fine Wines & Spirits shop that includes wine storage for guests. Suite will have between 365 and 800 square feet and will be priced in the mid-$200,000s.
Amenities include 24-hour room service, wireless Internet service, flat-screen satellite television, bar service at the rooftop pool, workout facilities, full-service day spa and business meeting space. Additionally, guests may attend educational seminars in a culinary and wine classroom.
http://www.sptimes.com/2007/04/30/Tampabay/A_hotel_built_for_you.shtml
A hotel built for your palate
For now, it's a dusty construction lot on S Howard Avenue.
But by the end of 2008, it'll be The Epicurean Hotel, a 75-room boutique hotel that will include a rooftop pool and bar, a spa and a parking garage.
On Sunday, Bern's Steak House owner David Laxer unveiled plans for the luxury condominium hotel project four years in the making that his family will open across the street from their restaurant.
With a focus on food, the hotel will feature upscale wine and cooking demonstrations, classes and wine tastings at the Bern Laxer School of Food and Wine.
It will also feature a new 18, 000-square-foot signature restaurant that will serve hotel and local guests from breakfast into the late night.
Chef partner Jeannie Pierola didn't reveal a lot about the restaurant, except to say it will have a very different approach.
Bern's Fine Wine and Spirits, now located down the street from the steak house, will expand into a new 9, 000 square foot location in the hotel that will house guest wine lockers and storage.
"I don't think there's anything in the country like this, " Laxer said.
Alexandra Zayas can be reached at [email protected] or 813 226-3354.
Update: the Tampa Bay Business Journal had more information:
Urban Studio Architects, Smith & Associates Real Estate and Coral Hospitality are working with Bern's on the new property. Urban Studio Architects provided design services, and Smith & Associates is responsible for selling the suites.
Coral Hospitality is providing technical services and consulting during the pre-opening stages and then will provide hotel management services after the opening, scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2008.
The hotel will house a restaurant and an expanded Bern's Fine Wines & Spirits shop that includes wine storage for guests. Suite will have between 365 and 800 square feet and will be priced in the mid-$200,000s.
Amenities include 24-hour room service, wireless Internet service, flat-screen satellite television, bar service at the rooftop pool, workout facilities, full-service day spa and business meeting space. Additionally, guests may attend educational seminars in a culinary and wine classroom.
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Bern's interior is an authentic classic European collecton and may never be changed in style.
The condotel proejct looks alright, a little bland sort of like the exterior of Bern's. Here's another rendering from the website:
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The condotel proejct looks alright, a little bland sort of like the exterior of Bern's. Here's another rendering from the website:
kay: IMO its def a good thing this project, I hope the interior looks better then the exterior, nothing special about it really, but I feel its a good addition to the city, I also like the idea of the local community creating a project like this, its something different and upscale which fits right in, in that area...
Not sure who edited the thread title, but whoever did, there is no such status as 'site prep' in the SSC definitions for project status... We only use Vision, Proposed, Approved, U/C and Completed. (VIS, PRO, APP, U/C, COM)
And yes, I know that these definitions are not yet publicly posted, which is because I'm still writing them.
And since we now have reports of wall portions going vertical, the project is definitely u/c, thus its status has changed.
And yes, I know that these definitions are not yet publicly posted, which is because I'm still writing them.
And since we now have reports of wall portions going vertical, the project is definitely u/c, thus its status has changed.
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Construction update as of today: As you can see the first phase is a parking garage, which is what I expected. After all, where would've Bern's patrons had their cars parked if the whole lot was U/C at the same time?
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