Biltmore Estate takes another step toward decision on building new hotel on Asheville property

Jason Sandford June 9, 2014

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

The folks at the Biltmore Estate have taken another step toward making a decision on whether to build a second hotel on its property. The estate on Monday filed a zoning application to begin the bid process. A Biltmore Estate spokeswoman stressed that no decision has been made on whether to build or not. More:

This is one of the last few steps we are taking to see if we will move forward.

As part of the analysis, bids will be collected over the summer for construction. A final decision could come in early August. Pending the final decision, construction could begin in mid-August.

Current designs are for a 145,000 square-foot, four-story structure situated in Antler Hill Village near the Winery. Designs call for 190 guest rooms. A rendering is attached, and was part of this morning’s zoning application.

We have consulted with PGAV Destination Consulting, the designers of the estate’s Antler Hill Village. More about PGAV is available here: www.pgavdestinations.com.

More details as I get them.

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9 Comments

joe June 23, 2014

Hopefully they will run Omni out of the city – they have destroyed an icon and have brought in filthy management who have run out staff and guests alike. Hope the Biltmore builds this and even a bigger one

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FDR June 11, 2014

Is that a picture of the Grove Park Inn?

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Mary Fierle June 10, 2014

Who is the architect?

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1. IceNine June 11, 2014
  
  PGAV. There’s a link in the article.
  
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murphy June 9, 2014

It looks like a a chain hotel exterior that one would see in Helen Georgia, or a similar “tudoresque” locale…

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AVL LVR June 9, 2014

Its not bad looking. It looks kind of like a nursing home. I don’t know why don’t copy Biltmore Estate’s Châteauesque style of architecture? We already have a Biltmore Village.

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1. Matt June 9, 2014
  
  yawn.
  
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  1. jtroop June 10, 2014
    
    Agreed, all of the hullabaloo on whether or not they are going to entertain the thought of possibly building a new hotel on a piece of private property sounds more like marketing and less like news.
    
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2. A June 14, 2014
  
  Given the proposed location of the new hotel, I understand why they went with this style. All of antler hill village is constructed in the pebble-dash style, taking cues from the winery building, which is an original building (it was part of the original dairy). Because it’s at Antler Hill Village, going with the same style makes sense.
  
  I honestly don’t mind the look. It’s a common village look in England, which is what Richard Howland Hunt was going for with the design of the original Biltmore Village (which is why you see a lot of pebble-dash buildings in Asheville. The method is cost effective and sturdy).
  
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