When The Cedars Lodge & Spa opens in a handful of yrs, Tom Shipman’s longtime aspiration will be fact.

The Cedars, a historic former 30-room hotel that sits off of Seventh Avenue West in Hendersonville, opened much more than 100 years in the past and has been owned by the Shipman family members considering the fact that 1976. 

The 4-tale, 15,310-sq.-foot making will be completely restored and two six-story buildings will be designed on the internet site to dwelling condos and hotel rooms.

A sign in front of a stately building situated one block west of Church Street on Seventh Avenue West in Hendersonville has been seen by countless visitors since the early 1900s.

“I have been organizing this in my thoughts for pretty much 10 yrs,” Shipman reported. “I have talked to probably hundreds of people receiving on board with me, renovating this and creating this.”

It is slated to open in the fall of 2024. A ton will take place this summer, on the other hand — branding and hotel administration will be announced condo revenue will launch demolition of the current business party area, named The Chariot, as well as two residential properties and two sheds, will start out, alongside with structural repairs to The Cedars. 

A rendering of the future The Cedars Lodge & Spa shows the entire development at nighttime.

Groundbreaking for the two new properties is planned for following summertime.

Shipman is performing with two other developers, his son-in-regulation, Gregg Covin, and Brian Gaines, on the task. The architects are from The Tamara Peacock Co. in Hendersonville and RBA Architecture in Charlotte.

Function on a program has been ongoing for about a 12 months, Shipman explained. Hendersonville Town Council unanimously agreed to rezone the home in February, offering the historic restoration and new progress project the green light.

The expense of the venture hasn’t been decided nonetheless, but it is really staying privately funded, Shipman said.

The Cedars co-owner Tom Shipman leans against one of the historic building's signature cedar trees as he thinks about the property's future.

The Cedars functioned as an celebration venue from 1978 to March 2020 when it was shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was superior timing since renovations were heading to be done shortly in any case, Shipman explained.

The Cedars Lodge & Spa will property a convention center, ballroom and 300-seat banquet hall. The most important entrance, entrance desk and hotel foyer will be where the entrance is now. The historic making will also house a foyer lounge, cafe and bar.

The new properties will house 132 condos. They will change in dimension from studio to a person-bed room, two-bedroom, three-bed room and penthouse.

A rendering shows the future The Cedars Lodge & Spa.

Costs will be $229,000 to $589,000 and up to $1.25 million for penthouses. There will also be a rental application.

Facilities will contain balconies, freestanding tubs and fireplaces in the grasp loos, designer kitchens, conditioned storage units, a resort pool deck and bar, a health centre, paddle tennis/pickle ball courts, a clubroom for young children, eco-friendly house and a private dog park. There will be underground parking decks for condo homeowners.

The amount of resort rooms has not nonetheless been decided. Hotel attendees will valet park, and there will be 217 parking areas. 

Delores Shipman, whose late husband owned The Cedars, a stately building on Seventh Avenue West in Hendersonville, relaxes on the porch of an adjacent building being used as an office. Both buildings will undergo major facelifts as part of a long-range restoration and renovation plan.

The Cedars sits on the maximum issue in downtown. From the top flooring, views attain all the way out 4 Seasons Boulevard in addition to fantastic mountain views, Shipman said.

The Cedars acquired its title from the cedar trees on the residence. The system is to save current trees in which achievable and plant more trees following building is total.

A side view of The Cedars, a four-story building on Seventh Avenue West in Hendersonville that opened as a hotel in 1914, shows how much larger the building is than it looks from the street.