GRANDE COLONIAL HOTEL LA JOLLA
The Grande Colonial Hotel Adds 18 New Suites
with Completion of Two Historic Restoration Projects
The 75-room Grande Colonial Hotel, located on Prospect Street
in La Jolla, is nearing completion of a $3.5 million historical
restoration project of The Little Hotel by the Sea and the
Garden Terraces, adding 18 new suites to the hotel’s
existing 75-room inventory. The restoration project began
in September ’05 and is expected to be completed early
2007.
The eight-suite Little Hotel by the Sea and the ten-suite
Garden Terraces have both operated as residential apartment
complexes for the past 30 years. Upon completion, they will
maintain their individual names but will become part of The
Grande Colonial Hotel, La Jolla’s oldest hotel which
opened in 1913.
Interior design of both buildings will reflect comfortable
residential style. Each of the 18 suites will have full kitchens
or kitchenettes. The project will also include replacement
of all electrical and plumbing systems, the conversion of
existing fireplaces to sealed direct-vent fireplaces, and
the installation of new heating / air conditioning systems.
Two significant elements of the Little Hotel by the Sea project
include the restoration of the building’s rooftop “loft”
and deck, and restoration of the 1929 Baker & Sons elevator.
The rooftop area will be used as a guest library and sitting
room, as well as an outdoor terrace and dining area providing
panoramic views of the Pacific. The Baker & Sons elevator,
which will be restored to full operation, is a four-passenger,
solid-mahogany elevator housed in a steel tower erected from
solid rock beneath the hotel. Soon after it was added to the
hotel back in 1929, it became recognized as the “The
Smallest Hotel in the World with an Elevator”.
The restoration project has been reviewed and approved by
the San Diego Historical Society Design Assistance Subcommittee,
and will closely follow the Department of Interior Guidelines
for Historic Restoration.
For additional information, visit the hotel's website at
www.thegrandecolonial.com.
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