East Brown Cow, Commonwealth Motels Increasing The Docent’s Assortment in Portland

The Docent’s Assortment, a curated assortment of personal, luxurious lofts designed for short-term and long-term stays in Portland, Maine, in the present day introduced the extension of its model with the addition of recent luxurious models. A substitute for conventional motels, The Docent’s Assortment offers a definite method to journey with short-term lodging choices that cater to visitors from households to enterprise vacationers, and even locals in search of a staycation. Lofts can be found in studio, one-bedroom, two-bedroom, and three-bedroom choices and geared up with a full kitchen and premier artwork assortment from beloved artists equivalent to Thomas Moser, Anthony Muench, and Tanja Hollander.

The brand new lofts had been thoughtfully transformed from class B vacant workplace area and showcase the Thompson Block’s historic design options. Alongside the brand new additions, East Brown Cow led renovations all through the constructing’s second and third flooring to additional improve the hospitality providing – together with renovations and enhancements to the constructing’s stairwells and corridors.

Fusing historic structure with fashionable touches, every loft is thoughtfully appointed with a totally geared up kitchen, giant eating and residing space, and customized furnishings to supply a home-away-from-home expertise. The technology-forward cell check-in course of permits visitors to customise their most popular stage of interplay with the hospitality staff, who have interaction with visitors as a private “docent” each inside and past the lofts’ partitions. Native touchpoints are woven all through courtesy of featured artwork collections, inside design and facilities, which embrace handmade furnishings from Thomas Moser, oil work by Cooper Dragonette, and freshly-ground espresso beans from native roaster, Espresso by Design.

This newest enlargement comes off the heels of The Docent’s Assortment’s rebrand from “121 Center” in 2022, led by Commonwealth Motels and East Brown Cow, a Portland-based actual property funding, growth and administration firm. This newest addition displays the success of The Docent Assortment’s distinctive mannequin below the strategic steering of East Brown Cow and Commonwealth Motels, with plans for extra progress within the years to return. Most significantly, the enlargement is solely a conversion of vacant workplace area and doesn’t impede present housing inventory in Portland, a high precedence for the East Brown Cow staff.

Slated for Spring 2025, The Docent’s Assortment will proceed this enlargement even additional with further lofts constructed at 178 Center Road and 184 Center Road – two 19^th century buildings designed by Architect George M. Harding. The Boyd Block and William Widgery Thomas Block had been in-built 1867 when the Metropolis of Portland invested in creating a brand new waterfront for the town. Ingrained into the material of the Previous Port, these buildings boast a first-rate location inside the vacation spot’s vibrant arts neighborhood, native boutiques, and nationally acknowledged culinary ideas.

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