Olympia Hospitality has introduced the opening of Resort Ursa, a brand new resort on the campus of the College of Maine (UMaine) in Orono. Resort Ursa has 95 visitor rooms and is situated on the middle of the campus. The brand new property serves a wide range of wants for UMaine whereas offering guests to the area with a singular and compelling expertise.
Impressed by the Ursa Main and Minor constellations and the North Star that connects them, Resort Ursa was developed via a historic rehabilitation of two unique buildings on campus, Coburn Corridor and Holmes Corridor. These buildings have been erected in 1887-88 and have been designed within the Romanesque Revival fashion by architect Frank E. Kidder, who graduated from Maine State Faculty, the precursor of UMaine, in 1879. They’ve been reworked to supply fashionable rooms and suites which have retained their distinctive character and classic allure. They’ve been joined by a 3rd constructing, Polaris Corridor, a brand new constructing that gives up to date guestrooms.
The resort additionally provides MajorMinor, a restaurant and bar the place members of the college neighborhood and visitors alike can hang around and revel in domestically roasted coffees, baked items, snacks and night drinks.
Resort Ursa was developed by Radnor Property Group, an actual property improvement firm with a powerful presence in greater training public-private partnership (P3) initiatives within the northeast, and Harrison Road, one of many main funding administration corporations solely centered on different actual belongings.
Archetype Architects designed the venture and Wright-Ryan Development was the final contractor. Olympia Hospitality, primarily based in Portland, is working the resort. Olympia was chosen due to its deep expertise with a various assortment of campus resort initiatives, which embrace The Alfond Inn at Rollins, The Inn at Swarthmore and The Resort at Oberlin, all boutique-style lodges conceived and designed in collaboration with their respective faculties.
Resort Ursa
1 Moosehead Rd
Orono, ME 04469
United States
+1 207-962-1313