LAGUNA BEACH, California—Soul Neighborhood Planet (SCP) introduced the acquisition of the Albion River Inn, a boutique lodge situated in Mendocino County on the Northern California coast. The property, to be renamed the SCP Mendocino Coast Lodge, marks the model’s fourth coastal California property. The SCP Mendocino Coast Lodge shall be operated together with the close by SCP Mendocino Inn & Farm, which SCP acquired in June 2022.
SCP Mendocino Coast Lodge shall be reimagined as a coastal lodge. It additionally can have a farm-to-table restaurant catering to the rising share of vacationers who wish to keep wholesome and accountable existence whereas experiencing California’s Northern Coast.
“We’ve been impressed by the spectacular magnificence and touched by the type and welcoming tradition of Mendocino. We’re honored to welcome the Albion River Inn to our rising household of vacation spot lodges, inns, and inns. The inn, with its world-class ocean-front restaurant, manicured gardens, and charming cottages, has been a beloved Northern California coast vacation spot for greater than forty years due to the care and dedication of the Healy and Wells founding households and the abilities of the excellent hospitality crew. We are going to look to protect the inn’s romantic heat and character whereas introducing distinctive adventures and experiences catering to fashionable acutely aware vacationers,” stated Soul Neighborhood Planet Founder and CEO Ken Cruse.
The 22-room lodge will endure a renovation and refresh, which can embrace upgrading the visitor cottages and including SCP’s meals and beverage choices, together with Terra Kitchen—a restaurant with a plant-forward menu—and Provisions Market, which provides espresso, smoothies, drinks, and picnic objects. Different deliberate upgrades help SCP’s dedication to sustainability and conservation, together with the addition of EV charging stations, water-conserving fixtures, and photo voltaic.
The property’s historical past started when the unique homeowners—Flurry Healy and Peter Wells—met in a neighborhood Mendocino bar known as the “Sea Gull.” Wells had a lease on a property in Albion and was in search of a accomplice. Healy was in search of a brand new journey and occurred to have the best enterprise connections to get a mortgage. Collectively they bought the property in 1981 and the Albion River Inn was open for enterprise in 1982.
Healy stated, “We’re happy for Soul Neighborhood Planet to steer the Albion River Inn into its subsequent chapter. By this acquisition, the imaginative and prescient Peter and I had in 1982 to create a spectacular hospitality expertise for our friends will proceed into the long run.”
The SCP Mendocino Coast Lodge shall be a participant in SCP’s Each Keep Does Good (ESDG) program. ESDG underscores SCP’s values whereas making connections between SCP’s friends and the locations they go to. The announcement marks the continuation of Soul Neighborhood Planet’s progress technique, which most lately included the December 2022 acquisition of the SCP Corcovado Wilderness Lodge in Costa Rica and the June 2022 acquisition of the SCP Mendocino Inn & Farm.