Florida Keys resort reopens almost a year after New Year’s Eve fire
By APMonday, December 21, 2009
Florida Keys resort reopens year after fire
ISLAMORADA, Fla. — A popular luxury Florida Keys resort has reopened almost a year after its primary building was ravaged by a New Year’s Eve fire.
Guests began checking into the 27-acre Cheeca Lodge Resort & Spa Dec. 15 as workers completed finishing touches on a new main lodge constructed in just six months.
The new structure features 62 concrete, oceanfront modular suites trucked to the Keys from Okeechobee.
The 840-square-foot rooms were delivered with fully equipped bathrooms, electrical wiring and communications cables. The modules are energy efficient, partially fabricated from recycled materials and built to withstand a Category 5 hurricane.
Cheeca’s transformation also includes an indoor-outdoor lobby lounge, meeting room with ocean-view, floor-to-ceiling windows, two new restaurants and a club floor with sun deck.
Details at www.cheeca.com.
