New Hotel Development In Oregon's Wine Country

Oregon’s Wine Country Hotel Boom

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The room grab in Oregon’s world renowned wine country starts many months, sometimes years ahead of time. By summer and most definitely by harvest season, area hotels and inns are trading calls to find any scarce remaining availabilities for our cherished visitors. From Michelin star to quaint, functional to avant guard, developers have found their nexus here in the Willamette Valley Wine Country, specifically Yamhill County. We at Franziska Haus want to share the news of our industry’s exciting new up and coming lodging partners!

Terrain Hotel

With its designated nearly 4 acre site on the corner of 9th street and Hwy 99 in downtown Dundee, the Terrain Hotel aims to provide a mixed use development project with a proposed 72 room hotel, 13 cabins, marketplace, viticulture center, event space and spa. Such a commercial center will significantly transform the feel of downtown Dundee. Waechter Architecture, in close cooperation with PLACE Landscape Architecture, has focused its design on a venue that flows coherently with respect to the town’s existing neighborhoods and community as a whole.

According to the Waechter Architecture’s website, this upcoming hotel and auxiliary businesses entails a series of five simple bar buildings, each decreasing in scale from center to perimeter. The aim is to “create transitional filters that become more porous and open toward the residential edge”. The Dundee City Planning Department has provided conditional approval after conducting a comprehensive site development review of this proposed mixeduse commercial development. According to city hall administrators, this conditional approval does entail a number of plan modifications. Original construction start date is slated for summer 2024.

Stoller’s Downtown Dayton Suites

Dayton city hall administrators report that Bill Stoller’s development company is in the process of remodeling a portion of downtown Dayton’s Merchant Block at 303 Ferry Rd. This is the same Bill Stoller who has just been awarded the prestigious Diploma of Honor by the Federation Internationale des Confreries Bachiques. He finds himself as one of only 26 recipients spanning 10 countries since the awards inception in 1963, according to Wine Business press release 6-6-24. Stoller holds a significant wine foot print in Oregon’s premier wine industry with his renowned vineyard spanning 400 acres, the largest contiguous vineyard in Oregon’s Dundee Hills, and his historical redevelopment projects in Dayton. You might say Bill Stoller continues to pay homage to the small farming town he grew up in, working on the family’s farm.

The current Merchant Block renovation includes 12 apartment short term rental suites set to be completed the end of 2024. The Oregon Wine Press (Feb 1 2016) reported that this current project is part of Bill Stoller's accumulation of several downtown Dayton properties since 2007. The aim is to support Dayton’s historic revitalization efforts. Stoller’s group to date has remodeled the Civil War era church wherein the Block House cafe currently operates. With restoration efforts such as these, Dayton remains emblematic of the charm of its original 1800’s historic “Courthouse Square Block” town center. Strolling the sidewalk of downtown Dayton, one can’t help but notice that the Stoller influence is consequential for the continuing evolution of this small quaint farming town.

Fairfield by Marriott Newberg Dependability and Convenience of Marriott Franchise

Yamhill County wine country travelers will be able to enjoy the dependability and convenience of Newberg’s soon to be completed Fairfield by Marriott franchise hotel. City records list a 79 room, four story hotel situated on nearly 2 acres off the main hwy 99 that is nearing its final stages of construction. This Newberg hotel joins The Werth Family LLC, Escape Lodging Company portfolio of several other Pacific NW existing hotels in Cannon Beach, The Dalles, and Beaverton. Misty Kawasoe, Escape Lodging Brand & Project Manager, reports their mission is to cater to both corporate and leisure travelers. In addition to complimentary breakfast, this Fairfield by Marriott will entail a venue that offers both an indoor and outdoor wine bar showcasing local area wines. Other amenities include outdoor pool, fitness room, outdoor gas fire pits as well as an onsite market providing 24/7 service. The proposed decor style will follow the traditional Marriott brand accentuated with modern wine country themes.

Franziska Haus Expansion

Rounding off today’s list is one of our very favorites, our own family run inn, the Franziska Haus. Our little piece of the wine country lodging pie, includes this year’s newly constructed addition of two king suites for a total of 7 exquisite offerings complete with oversize soaking tubs, private non-shared climate control systems/ventilation, private balconies and style accents such as custom cement counter tops, a custom hand crafted iron floating staircase, casting an overall Transitional interior decor theme. We are proud to feature finishings by IronStone, another one of our family owned businesses. The Franziska Haus expansion is a welcome addition to our existing grand log lodge facility with its signature 29 foot tall great room stone fire place, lush panoramic garden scapes, grand outdoor common deck areas, as well as intimate patios. Tying together the new with existing is our new spacious Chehalem deck. With its outdoor dining and fire pit gathering space, guest find themselves relaxing amid Brigitte’s curated landscape botanicals, vineyard views and the distant Chehalem Hills. Bordering the north of the property is the newly planted Fox Farm Vineyard, home to Fox Farm fine wines with a tasting room in downtown Dundee. Your Franziska Haus experience will always include a full wine country breakfast and extensive industry insider concierge services for all your travel agenda questions. Franziska Haus is a proud member of Curator Inns.