The upgrades are scheduled to begin early in the second quarter and be completed by late summer 2003. The hotel will remain open during the remodel, which will blend the property's original Spanish Colonial exterior with a Mediterranean-style villa theme. The work is expected to raise the hotel's rating from three stars to four stars.
The focal point of the new entrance to the hotel is an Italian-tiled porte cochere and 62-foot tower element, both of which reflect the Italian architectural styling through the use of slate and smooth troweled stucco exterior finishes. Additional upgrades include new sconces, backlit shutters, arched window openings, decorative iron railings, a tile trellis, stone columns and a refreshing Italian cast stone fountain.
The new design, conceived by Lafayette, California-based Best Santos Studio, is being executed by Larkspur Hospitality Co., a Corte Madera-based firm that owns and operates 16 hotels in Northern California and the Pacific Northwest.
The Pruneyard Inn was originally constructed in 1990 and expanded in 1998. John Petersen, senior vice president of Equity Office's San Jose Region, which owns the property, was not available for comment Thursday on how and why it came to control the property. The Prune Yard Shopping Center, in addition to its retail space, also contains 200,000 sf of multi-tenant office buildings.
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