News Release
The highly anticipated Lodge at Edgewood Tahoe broke ground Thursday in a ceremony highlighting the major impacts it will make on South Shore’s economic and community revitalization, as well as important environmental and recreational enhancements in the area.
When completed in early summer 2017, the LEED-designed 169,000 square-foot project will increase local overnight lodging opportunities and guest experiences with a lodge reminiscent of the great national park lodges, 154 new hotel rooms, a health spa, bistro style restaurant and bar, plus conference and event center. In addition, plans include 40 fractional residences, improvements to the golf course, and expansion of the existing clubhouse. The project will create a new public swimming beach at the lake as well as lake viewing decks, walking paths, and offer new adventure concessions such as kayak and bicycle rentals.
The Lake Tahoe property will also deliver significant water quality benefits for the 4,200-acre Edgewood Creek watershed plus enrich wetlands, provide new fish and wildlife habitat and upgrade storm water systems for urban areas upstream.
“This is an outstanding example of a public-private partnership and the area’s regional plan in action,” said Joanne Marchetta, executive director of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. “The building will be energy efficient, achieving a high LEED rating, along with the various water and wetlands restoration efforts.”
Marchetta also noted that tourist accommodation units for the project were exchanged from the removal of older, unused lodging in South Lake Tahoe.
“The Edgewood Lodge, with all its amenities and lakefront location, represents what makes Tahoe a timeless destination,” said Carol Chaplin, executive director, Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority. “It signifies what visitors want by combining the great outdoors and indoors with a central and spectacular location.”
During a special groundbreaking moment, Park family representatives of the fifth, sixth and seventh generations took turns with ceremonial shovels on the beach in front of the Edgewood Tahoe Clubhouse.
“For more than 120 years, the Park family have been stewards of this magnificent land,” said Chuck Scharer, president and CEO of Edgewood Companies while explaining the history of the property. “The family-owned, locally operated Edgewood Tahoe Resort will be a physical representation of all the change that is happening in our community. It will be a place where health, recreation and green building blend to improve local economies; where the blighted old is replaced by the energy-efficient, attractive new and where visitors and locals come and leave with treasured memories.”
Edgewood Companies, formerly Park Cattle Company, has been a landowner at Lake Tahoe since 1896. Edgewood Companies is proud to have been part of the South Lake Tahoe communities for over 115 years and will continue to act upon the family mantra “To be stewards of the land, guardians of the Lake, and solid corporate citizens in the communities in which we operate.”
