PORTLAND, Ore.
Portland’s Hotel Lucia completed construction on the final phase of a $5.5 million renovation that included updates to its lobby, meeting rooms and public areas.
The series of upgrades began two years ago with the launch of Vitaly Paley’s restaurants, Imperial and Portland Penny Diner. Last year (2014), Hotel Lucia revealed its newly transformed guest rooms.
Portland's Staicoff Design Company completed the redesign with an eye toward creating a sense of community and spaces for socializing, working, relaxing and interaction.
The journey through the new lobby begins at the entrance where a stone and brass floor inlay of the hotel’s new logo and new vestibule have been installed with two sets of double doors in glass and black steel that serves to both welcome guests and insulate them from the weather.
Hardwood floors have been installed throughout the lobby with metallic accents that aim to echo the warmth of the rosewood furniture upstairs in the guest rooms. Dual reception desks made of white Calacatta marble and antique mirror are ensconced in an alcove clad in glowing brass and backed by a layered wall treatment made of woven wire mesh and bent brass and aluminum elements.
With new seating areas facing the guest reception desks in the center of the lobby, the renovation has doubled the amount of seating options and introduced a rich, jewel-toned palate featuring furniture and lighting elements that call to mind various eras of the hotel’s history.
Hotel Lucia’s largest and most-in-demand meeting space, a 1,160-square-foot room located on the main level off the lobby, has been renamed Pettygrove in a nod to Imperial and Portland Penny Diner’s focus on local history. In a twist of fate, history dictated the final look of the room as well.
During construction, as walls were opened in the space, original iron beams were exposed that retained painted markings from previous renovations calling out the former name of the hotel: Imperial Hotel. It is a name that Vitaly Paley reinstated when he opened his award-winning Imperial restaurant at Hotel Lucia, so it was only fitting to keep these beams in the final design of the space.
They are complimented by hardwood floors, subtle wall paper, enhanced lighting and a projector screen as well as the addition of new electric and HDMI ports around the room for power and connection.
Downstairs, additional seating creates inviting breakout spaces and new finishes and art in the 870-square-foot Lovejoy and 472-square-foot Quimby rooms complete the transformation of the meeting space. The carpets, walls and fixtures were updated and the rooms received new electric and HDMI ports and new large screen televisions for presentations.
Hotel Lucia’s fitness center was also upgraded with new Technogym workout equipment that features cable television, internet access and Bluetooth connectivity. Still in the works for year’s end are a video window near the lobby entrance with a live feed into the Imperial dining room and an installation of vintage cameras above the fireplace by the guest room elevator landing.
