Grande Colonial Hotel La Jolla

The Four Diamond Grande Colonial hotel, located in the Village of La Jolla, has completed a $500,000 renovation of the hotel’s entry and foyer, lobby and surrounding public spaces and three adjacent meeting rooms. The project began in December of 2011 and was completed in January 2012. Interior design was provided by Warren Sheets Design, Inc., a San Francisco-based architectural and interior design firm noted locally for their work on The Grand Del Mar Resort.

As part of the extensive overhaul, the entire main lobby, elevator foyer and lower public restroom foyer were completely refurbished to include new Giallo Royale and Calcutta White polished marble and black Galaxy Granite flooring. New wall coverings, paint, lighting, furniture and artwork were also be added. The lobby’s existing fireplace and all of the original crown molding have been restored. Two of the hotel’s three meeting rooms located off the main lobby, received new flooring, wall coverings and meeting room chairs. One of the two meeting rooms, the Sun Room, which was the hotel’s original lobby in 1913, also received new entry doors, custom built-in cabinets, a buffet station, new window coverings and a more traditional refurbishment of the fireplace facade.

“We are excited to have had the opportunity to work with Warren Sheets and his design team,” said Terrence Underwood, general manager. “We went to great lengths to enhance the feel of the still intact turn-of-the-century Colonial Revival architecture designed by noted area architect Richard Requa back in 1913, while creating a classic environment augmented with contemporary nuances.”

The sophisticated new décor carefully preserves the hotel’s enduring historic appeal, while infusing modern elements such as bold colors of azure and Mediterranean blue, accompanied by warm golds. Artfully recapturing the hotel’s storied past with a keen focus on modern sensibilities, the new design infuses a classic European ambiance and a refined, contemporary sophistication.

Known as La Jolla’s oldest original hotel, the Grande Colonial has been a landmark in the community since 1913. A member of Historic Hotels of America, a sub-brand of the Preferred Hotel Group, the hotel offers 93 European-style guest rooms and suites (18 of which are extended-stay suites with full kitchens and fireplaces). Over 5,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor ocean-view meeting space is also available for up to 120 guests. Breakfast and lunch are served daily in the award-winning, ZAGAT-rated NINE-TEN Restaurant and dinner is served nightly. The Grande Colonial is located at 910 Prospect Street in La Jolla, California. For additional information or to see the new images, visit our website at http://www.gclj.com.

Images of the new space can also be found on our Facebook page at: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150546096773668.378432.36040828667&type=3