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Maryland Brings Fashionable Luxurious to Historic Downtown with Visitation Lodge Opening December 2024
Friday, December 20, 2024
The eagerly awaited Visitation Lodge Frederick, a Tribute Portfolio resort, makes its grand debut on December 19, 2024, at 211 E. Church Avenue within the coronary heart of historic Frederick, Maryland.
Mixing the constructing’s storied grandeur with a glossy, minimalist aesthetic, the sustainably revitalized property serves as each a classy retreat and a vibrant gathering spot for locals and guests. That includes 65 intimate visitor rooms, Visitation Lodge is a landmark second for the city as the primary resort to open in downtown Frederick in 50 years.
The culinary expertise at Visitation Lodge is crafted by James Beard-nominated chef and Frederick native Bryan Voltaggio, in collaboration along with his brother Michael Voltaggio, a celebrated chef famend for his work in Michelin-starred and James Beard-nominated eating places. Collectively, the Voltaggio brothers, well-known for his or her appearances on High Chef and Meals Community, current their first three way partnership of their hometown. The resort’s eating choices embrace a full-service restaurant and bar, an all-day café, and full-scale catering providers.
Designed with occasions in thoughts, Visitation Lodge boasts a grand ballroom, an opulent bridal suite, and a number of personal occasion areas, good for weddings, celebrations, and enterprise conferences alike.
The visionaries behind this undertaking are actual property developer Jim O’Hare and Lance Jaccard, CEO of OTJ Architects, a famend nationwide structure and design agency, who collectively have introduced this formidable undertaking to life.
O’Hare has a protracted profession of revitalizing properties in historic neighborhoods, resembling Fells Level, Baltimore, downtown Annapolis, Maryland and Lewes, Delaware. “It’s a passion of mine to bring a new life to spaces that have contributed so much to the surrounding historic districts,” says O’Hare. “And with Visitation, it is no different. The girls school and convent at Visitation played such a meaningful role in the history of downtown Frederick, and with our adaptive reuse, we hope that Visitation Hotel Frederick will be a huge part of Frederick’s future”.
Visitation Lodge is ready to affix the distinguished Historic Inns of America program, a testomony to its considerate preservation and timeless enchantment. Underneath the imaginative and prescient of OTJ Architects, the almost 200-year-old constructing has been meticulously remodeled into a contemporary boutique resort that celebrates its storied previous. The reimagined design seamlessly blends the historic brick exterior with modern facilities, creating an ambiance of refined sophistication whereas honoring the constructing’s wealthy architectural heritage.
“We knew with Visitation Hotel, a Tribute Portfolio hotel, that our team could uphold this space as a community centerpiece, and turn it into something destination worthy,” says Naveen Kakarla, CEO of HHM Inns, the corporate managing the property. “Frederick has long deserved a boutique hotel, and we are pleased Visitation can play that role.”
Based in 1846, Visitation Academy started as a Catholic boarding college for ladies and have become a cornerstone of Frederick’s historical past. Notably, the nuns supplied take care of Civil Conflict troopers on its grounds. After 170 years of service, the varsity closed its doorways in 2016.
Past the resort, the three.5-acre property additionally options Visitation Frederick Condominiums. These adjoining buildings at present provide 10 premium single-floor models, with seven further condos slated for completion in 2025 and extra deliberate over the subsequent 5 years.
