Rollins College will break ground on the school’s long-anticipated Alfond Inn at Rollins on Friday, November 4. The day coincides with Rollins’ Founders’ Day and 126th anniversary.
Located at the former Langford Hotel site and just one block from campus and Park Avenue, the roughly 100,000 square facility will feature approximately 112 guest rooms, 8,000 sq.-ft. of ballroom and meeting space, an iconic conservatory, signature restaurant, elevated pool deck, bar, fitness center and a series of courtyards.
The new hotel will serve as guest lodging to both Rollins and the greater Winter Park community, and will enable Rollins to host events and attract professional and academic conferences that cannot currently be accommodated on campus.
Rollins anticipates adding 200 interim and 100 permanent full-time jobs to the local workforce, with project opening slated for summer 2013.
