US: Hospitality administration, improvement, and funding firm Raines has opened the 59-room Lantern Columbia lodge in South Carolina, a part of its Woven portfolio of life-style resorts.
The Lantern Columbia is positioned inside the historic Columbia Central Fireplace Station, added to the Nationwide Register of Historic Locations in 2009. Columbia Central Fireplace Station sits within the Vista neighbourhood alongside the Congaree River.
Raines Growth led adaptive reuse efforts, honouring the constructing’s firehouse legacy whereas that includes mid-century trendy interiors unfold throughout three buildings.
James Beard Award nominee Kevin Johnson is answerable for the menu on the lodge’s restaurant Ladder 13.
A partnership with the College of South Carolina’s Faculty of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Administration and CarolinaLIFE program supplies employment and profession pathways on the lodge for people with mental and developmental disabilities.
Common supervisor Rick Hayduk beforehand labored with the ClemsonLIFE program at The Shepherd Lodge in Clemson (South Carolina), the place round 30 per cent of employed workers have been comprised of people with disabilities.
Hayduk mentioned: “Having our staff made up of native hospitality professionals, native people with disabilities, USC’s Lodge, Retail, and Sports activities Administration college students, and CarolinaLIFE college students is a primary, wherever. We predict it’s going to painting one of the best of Columbia. Our ambition is to have company of The Lantern and the patrons of Ladder 13 depart impressed, except for having an unimaginable keep or eating expertise.”
Raines managing accomplice Gray Raines mentioned: “This mission is private proof that high-end hospitality and significant neighborhood affect should not mutually unique. Seeing the historic Central Fireplace Station revitalised is unimaginable, however seeing our staff — comprised of seasoned professionals and keen college students from the HRSM and CarolinaLIFE applications — working side-by-side is the true achievement. We’re opening minds to what inclusive management seems like, proper right here within the Columbia neighborhood.”
Highlights:
- Raines has opened the 59-room Lantern Columbia in South Carolina, a part of its Woven portfolio of life-style resorts
- The lodge is an adaptive reuse of the historic Columbia Central Fireplace Station, listed on the Nationwide Register of Historic Locations, with mid-century trendy interiors throughout three buildings
- James Beard Award nominee Kevin Johnson leads the culinary idea on the on-site restaurant, Ladder 13
- A partnership with the College of South Carolina’s Faculty of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Administration and CarolinaLIFE creates employment and profession pathways for people with mental and developmental disabilities
