The King’s Hotel could be making a return in Lunenburg, with plans unveiled this week to rebuild a new hotel.
The original hotel was located at the corner of Duke Street and Pelham Street was demolished in the 1950s, with it currently being used as a parking lot, but if approved a new King’s Hotel will be erected in its place.
The project is being pursued by Richard Homburg, who owns the parking lot and the King’s Arms Pub which is directly across from the parking lot on Pelham Street.
Earlier this year Homburg had submitted plans to redevelop the King’s Arms into a hotel but after being met with development roadblocks those plans were scrapped.
Images and a description of the old King’s Hotel. Photo: Town of Lunenburg
The main cause of concern was the proposed parking structure included in the renovation that would have required some demolition to take place.
The new proposal seems to have taken those concerns into consideration with Mayor Matt Risser commenting on the reaction he’s seen so far, “The things I’m hearing are generally very positive and I think the residents with concerns previously feel as those the developer listened,” Risser said.
The proposal also includes renovations to the Lunenburg Arms Hotel which would be rebranded as King’s Suites. Photo: Town of Lunenburg.
The proposal also includes upgrades to the Lunenburg Arms Hotel, adding suites, and rebranding as the King’s Suites. Notably not included are any plans for a parking structure.
The town is now going through the process of approval, the next step of which requires them to publicly advertise a public feedback session.
That is now underway with the town saying the public feedback session will take place on June 14.
