Hospitality

The Carneros Inn

The Carneros Inn Is A 27-acre Mixed-use Resort Located In Napa, California. Formerly Three Separate And Deteriorating Properties Comprised Of A Blighted Mobile Home Park And An Rv/boat Storage Yard. The Principles Of Rogal + Walsh + Mol Recognized It’s Hidden Potential As A True Diamond In The Rough, And Transformed The Property. The Resort Is Presently Comprised Of 96 Cottage Hotel Units, 17 Fractional Cottages And 24 For Sale Resort Homes, Two Public Restaurants, Spa, Market, And Various Guest And Civic Amenities. Advanced And Environmentally Responsible Building And Infrastructure Techniques Were Used Throughout This Property. The Carneros Inn Project Was Recognized For Excellence In Planning With A Charter Award From The Congress For New Urbanism And An American Institute Of Architects National Honor Award In Urban And Regional Design. " - Rogal+Walsh+Mol

+ Assisted Developer, Keith Rogal and his Team, on an Environmentally Sustainable Mixed-Use Hotel and Residence development, The Carneros Inn and Lodge, in between Napa and Sonoma Valleys, 2002
+ Attended weekly Construction Management Meetings
+ Learned Development through the Owner/Client eyes in an Entrepreneurial Business with Team Members knowledgeable in Ecology, Acquisitions, Financing, Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, Interior Design, Property Management, Accounting, Marketing and Public Relations

Additional Hospitality...

Owner's Representative

The Bullard Group for The Ritz Carlton Resort, Spa and Residences, Fort Lauderdale

+ Project Management including coordination with Architects (Arquitectonica Miami), Interior Designers (HBA Atlanta), Contractors, and Owner’s Consultants
+ Owner, Architect, Contractor & Operator Meetings participant
+ Prepared/Evaluated Proposals from consultants for Owner’s Contracts and tracked to completion
+ Provided On-Site Facilitation of Building Detail Resolution and Design Direction to Consultants

Backen Gillam & Kroeger Architects
+ Joel Gott Ranch - Historic Victorian House Rehabilitation, Stone Barn Adaptive Reuse

Various Support Functions also Performed for:
+ Meadowood Resort and Spa, Interiors Room Upgrades with Team and Spa initial field measure and redesign

Senior Designer

HBA/Hirsch Bedner Associates

+ Niccolo by Marco Polo Hotel, Wharf Development, 96 Story Supertall Tower, Suzhou, China - Concept / Schematic Design
+ Fairmont Hotel MacDonald, Edmonton - Design Development / Construction Documents
+ Fairmont Chateau Whistler - Concept Phase with Team

Project Manager

+ Indian Springs Addition @ Gliderport Lobby Hotel Design Concept, Calistoga, 2010 - 2011
+ Local Southeast Asian Advisors: Jason Wang, Aedas Architecture, Singapore & Richard Hassell, WOHA Architects Singapore, 2010
+ The Pearl Agri-Urban Village, Hotel + Residence + Trade School + Ditribution, Kandall Province, Phnom Penh, Mekong River, Cambodia, Design Degree Project, Master's of Architecture, 2009 - 2010

So happy the Fairmont Chateau Whistler’s Gold Lounge has finally come to life. I worked on this with a fabulous group of designers at HBA San Francisco.

The Carneros Inn

Worked with the Development Team, Rogal + Walsh + Mol.

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La Ventana, PreCast Concrete Hotel Concept

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