Tetherow Lodges boutique hotel opens: Hampton nearly finished

            The first of two hotel properties that will add more than 160 lodging rooms in Bend to accommodate business and tourist visits opened in mid-April.

            Tetherow Lodges, billed as a “boutique hotel” with 50 guest rooms, is in two buildings adjacent to the Tetherow golf clubhouse, overlooking the acclaimed links-style golf course designed by David McLay-Kidd.

            Tetherow managing partner Chris van der Velde said that addition of the lodging means that the resort now offers a “complete guest experience with luxury lodging,

Tetherow Lodges under construction February 2014

fine and casual dining, award-winning golf, and access to the amazing outdoor and cultural activities Central Oregon has to offer.”

            The 50 rooms are in one building estimated at 19,800 square feet and the other just over 21,000 square feet. Development costs was initially announced at $10 million.

Hampton Inn nearing completion in late May

            The new facility is designed by Darren Thomas Architecture + Planning with interiors by Kirsti Wolfe Designs. Sunwest Builders was the prime contractor.

            Also nearing completion in mid-May  is the 114-room Hampton Inn & Suites on a 4-acre property in the Old Mill District adjacent to the Les Schwab Ampitheater performing arts venue.

            That facility is a project of Boise-based AmeriTel Inns, which also operates the Hilton Garden hotel above the Old Mill retail area across the Deschutes River. Hilton Garden was originally branded as an AmeriTel Inn.