Palm Springs – There is a new small boutique hotel being planned for construction on North Palm Canyon Drive being planned by Ezra Callahan – a young early employee of Facebook. It’s being touted as a potential clubhouse of sorts, a la Ace Hotel, for those who love style and green construction.
Arrive Palm Springs – may be soon to arrive
The 32-room hotel will be called Arrive Palm Springs. There are other partners in this exciting project – a Seattle architect, a Denver-based restauranteur, and two men working in redevelopment in Los Angeles. Once the plans get approved through the city, these developers are saying they want to break ground early in the new year and be open by the 1st of July.
The project’s architect has said that “Arrive will cater to the next generation of global travelers influenced by culture, fashion, design and sustainability.” He also says that Palm Springs was targeted for this project because of “its appreciation and affinity for modern architecture, design-oriented population and geographic positioning as a world class vacation destination.”
That pretty much says it all. And it’s likely that Arrive Palm Springs will stay in the same genre as Palm Springs’ modernist architectural traditions. In addition, the hotel will be built so as to receive LEED Gold label certification, with its 32 pre-fabricated guest rooms. There will also be a restaurant and two additional retail buildings to encourage more pedestrian traffic on North Palm Canyon Dr.
Exciting things on tap for our Valley indeed !!!
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Palm Springs – Every year – runners, walkers, joggers flock to the Palm Springs Tram Road Challenge 6K race. This year it will be held on October 27 and there will be something new about the race!
Each of the Palm Springs Valley’s nine cities is invited to compete with one another for the highest number of registrants in the race. The city that gets the greatest turnout of people signed up for the race will receive acknowledgement in The Desert Sun . . . and also receive a plaque giving special recognition celebrating the city’s dedication to its residents’ health and the community’s spirit of volunteerism.
The Desert Sun’s designers are working with all of the cities to help promote the competition by creating fliers and helping with promotional outreach. The fliers will include information about the challenge such as the schedule of events leading up to the race and the link to register. Each city will have fliers posted on its website and they will be distributed around to businesses and neighborhood associations.
You can visit the main informational link to get more info on the Tram Road Challenge or to sign up at www.facebook.com/PSMakeADifferenceDay.
So, come on out everybody and support your city while you are supporting your own healthy lifestyle. It will be one fun party you won’t want to miss!
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Escena, a Mid Century Contemporary styled community in Palm Springs, is just another long-delayed development in our Coachella Valley currently experiencing a revival. Having debuted back in 2006, Escena held much promise with its offerings of an 18 hole Nicklaus golf course, fantastic clubhouse and dining facility and two innovative and modern-styled home developments by Lennar. It is ideally close to downtown Palm Springs, the Palm Springs International Airport, Interstate 10, Highway 111 and more (and let’s not forget its stunning views of Mount San Jacinto). And then, well you know the rest of the story . . . the economy took a nose dive.
The exciting news is that Alta Verde, the new developers at Escena, are planning this summer to begin selling Escena’s new homes, ranging in size from about 2,200sf to 2,800sf. These homes carry through, as one would expect from a modern, with open floor plans, clean lines and lots of glass . . . bringing the outdoors in. These homes are priced from the low $400,00s.
Alta Verde’s new homes in Palm Springs at Escena are different . . . different how, you ask??? Well, different enough that the new developers claim their homes boast modern space planning and design with a new edge, coupled with building technologies of today. They are calling their homes “This Century Modern.” Brilliant.
I’m Looking forward to previewing this new generation of home, “This Century Modern,” when they become available in the summer. Just part of Modern architecture’s evolution and changing with and for the times. History in the making.
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