DH&R to Manage Town and Country Resort
June 5, 2014
Lowe Enterprises and AECOM Capital have formed a joint venture with property owner Atlas Hotels Inc. to own, operate and reposition the Town and Country Resort & Convention Center in the Mission Valley area of San Diego. Destination Hotels & Resorts, Lowe’s hospitality management subsidiary, has assumed management of the 954-room resort.
“Town and Country is centrally located to San Diego’s top attractions and just minutes from downtown with its array of restaurants and entertainment. It presents an exceptional opportunity to work together with Atlas Hotels to refresh and reposition the property to take full advantage of San Diego’s continually growing tourism and meeting business,” said Robert J. Lowe Jr., co-president of Lowe Enterprises.
Located in the popular Mission Valley area, the hotel’s two towers and three swimming pools, award-winning rose gardens, numerous fountains and outdoor seating areas are spread across the 40-acre property.
The resort boasts the largest convention facility in the San Diego area outside of downtown, with more than 200,000 sf of flexible meeting space, including the 41,000-sf Grand Exhibit Hall, and more than 50,000 sf of outdoor event space. In addition, the property offers abundant recreation and dining options with the 14,000-sf Bella Tosca Day Spa with fitness center and three restaurants.
The resort is immediately adjacent to the 27-hole Riverwalk Golf Club, San Diego’s premier shopping center Fashion Valley and a San Diego trolley light rail stop, and is five miles from the beach and 15 minutes from downtown San Diego.
“Over the next few months we will be finalizing a long-term plan for the property that will include new marketing initiatives as well as physical property improvements,” noted Jamie Sabatier, president of Destination Hotels & Resorts, the new manager of the resort. Destination Hotels & Resorts will bring its institutional operations experience to the management of the property while its national sales and marketing force will seek to expand both group and leisure business.