In Spring 2025, The Elsby Lodge will debut as a full-service, 82-room boutique resort within the coronary heart of New Albany, IN. Positioned at 117 East Spring Road in New Albany’s Downtown Historic District, the resort is an adaptive reuse of the Elsby Constructing, a 100-plus year-old constructing that beforehand housed workplace area. It was bought in June 2021 by co-owners Steve Resch, of Resch Property Group and Resch Building, and Chad Sprigler, of The Sprigler Firm, each primarily based in New Albany. With a complete growth price range of $29 million, renovation and new development will start in late Spring 2023. Jacob Resch, property and undertaking supervisor, estimates the creation of as much as 100 new jobs.
Among the many new social and convention areas deliberate are three meals and beverage retailers, together with a rooftop bar, first ground restaurant, and lower-level speakeasy together with a brand new 13,000 sq. foot occasion and convention middle to be constructed on an adjoining lot on the property. The big occasion area can host a most of 1,300-plus individuals for conferences and conferences. The aim of the renovation is to take care of and return the constructing to its unique roots wherever feasibly doable, together with the outside brick and terra cotta and rehabilitation of the traditionally acceptable storefronts, signage, and 1916-Italianate corbel particulars. Inside restoration of flooring, design components, and finishings to replicate the unique design can also be deliberate. Particular options such because the 81,000-ton Diebold financial institution vault, which was put in by the German American Financial institution and Belief Firm when the constructing was constructed, shall be integrated into the design story. The constructing’s HVAC, plumbing, and electrical techniques shall be changed. The architectural and design companies tapped for the renovation are Tower Pinkster as architects, with preliminary design by historic architectural specialist Ron Stiller, and Leslie Lewis & Associates for inside design, all of that are primarily based in Southern Indiana. Named after its proprietor and builder Samuel J. Elsby, the Elsby Constructing opened in 1917 as dwelling to the German American Financial institution and Belief Firm and different outstanding New Albany space professionals, together with former U.S. Senator and Supreme Court docket Justice Sherman Minton. On the time, it was famous as essentially the most trendy constructing within the space, housing the primary elevator in New Albany. The Elsby was, and nonetheless is, the tallest constructing and has been a outstanding characteristic of the downtown New Albany panorama for many years. The Elsby Lodge is managed by First Hospitality of Chicago, IL, and shall be a Tapestry Assortment by Hilton.
The Elsby
The Elsby,E Spring St
New Albany, IN 47150
United States
+1 463-200-7101
