Seven Gables Inn on Monterey Bay, A Kirkwood Collection Property — Source: Kirkwood Collection

Kirkwood Collection (www.kirkwoodcollection.com), a leader in the luxury boutique hotel space, announces the recent acquisition of Seven Gables Inn on Monterey Bay, expanding its portfolio to six properties. Building on Kirkwood’s reputation of blending timeless architecture with unforgettable guest experiences, Seven Gables Inn joins the Kirkwood Family of owned and operated design-driven hotels.

This recent acquisition follows Kirkwood Collection’s successful addition and renovation of Garden Street Inn in San Luis Obispo and continues their expansion into California’s premier vacation destinations - including Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Rancho Mirage and Palm Springs.

Seven Gables Inn was built in 1886 as one of a parade of stately Victorian mansions located along the oceanfront of the Monterey Peninsula. In 1982, the Flatley family reimagined the mansion into a luxury inn. Over the decades, the Flatley’s acquired adjacent parcels growing the hotel to 25-keys, including two guest cottages consisting of multi-bedroom suites, all with unobstructed ocean views and coastal mountain views beyond. The hotel has repeatedly won accolades as one of the top 10 most romantic inns in America.

“Seven Gables Inn is a hallmark addition to our portfolio,” says Kirkwood Collection CEO, Alex Kirkwood. “Our robust following of sophisticated travelers will be stunned by the majestic views from the property. We look forward to welcoming to the Kirkwood Family of hotels the existing guestbook the Flatley’s have curated over four decades.”

Kirkwood Collection maintains the timeless character of each property acquired while delivering uniformly exceptional amenities and first-rate guest experiences. Kirkwood adds, “Travelers have come to love the luxurious home away from home experience found at each of our hotels and Seven Gables Inn is superbly poised to build upon this growing legacy.”

Sellers Susan Flatley Wheelwright and Ed Flatley commented, "It has been our most earnest wish and prayer for several years that the next owner of Seven Gables would not just look at it as a lovely property on the ocean, but truly appreciate the architecture and history of Seven Gables and Pacific Grove and sincerely wish to continue the legacy of respect for history and standard of hospitality that we have worked every day to provide. We feel Alex and his team will do this, allowing us to retire with confidence that all is left in good hands.”

“On behalf of the Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce, I want to thank the Flatley family for their contributions to the city, chamber and community. They have been amazing business owners and operators for the past 39 years and have constantly put Pacific Grove on the map by running the best lodging establishment on the Central Coast. I am excited and happy that Seven Gables will be in good hands under the leadership of Alex Kirkwood. The Kirkwood Collection has all the components necessary to continue the legacy of Seven Gables and will be a great neighbor in town,” adds Moe Ammar, President of the Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce.

ABOUT KIRKWOOD COLLECTION

Kirkwood Collection is a luxury hotel brand with a portfolio of ten intimate boutique hotels and residences in iconic California destinations. The Collection currently has properties in Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Rancho Mirage, Palm Springs and Monterey Bay. Hideaway Santa Barbara, which debuted in the summer of 2019, and Blue Sands Inn, in January 2019, are the leading boutique lodging offerings in both West Beach and East Beach of the American Riviera. In vibrant Downtown San Luis Obispo, the newly reimagined Garden Street Inn is the idyllic vision of historic charm, nestled in Central Coast wine country. Seven Gables Inn, acquired in June 2021, and Centrella Hotel, acquired in November 2022, are steps away from the Pacific Coast on the Monterey Peninsula, offering gorgeous oceanfront views to their guests. In the Greater Palm Springs Region, properties include 97 Lake Shore in Rancho Mirage, and The Palm Springs Hotel in the Uptown Design District. Located in the heart of Downtown Palm Springs lies Kirkwood's newest acquisitions: La Serena Villas, Del Marcos Hotel, and The Three Fifty Hotel.

For more information, please visit www.kirkwoodcollection.com.

Michelle Rodriguez
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Kirkwood Collection