Maine beachfront hotel The Nevada opens

US: The hotelier team behind Maine’s The Viewpoint hotel have renovated a historic motel on Long Sands Beach in York and reopened it as The Nevada.

The Nevada has been repositioned from a 70-year-old motel property of the same name. The former business closed in 2021.

Designed by CR Design in collaboration with new owners Joe Lipton and Michelle Friar, The Nevada has maintained much of its original features which resembles a US navy ship. The curved building includes a wrap-around deck, providing each of the 21 rooms with a private terrace.

Amenities include the 75-cover Lulu’s restaurant and bar. An outdoor dining space features fire pits.

Additional steps were taken to raise the property on stilts out of the flood zone, as well as installing heat pumps (for heating and air conditioning) in each room and on-demand hot water heaters with a recirculating pump.

The Nevada is also a member of the Green Alliance a donates a portion from each stay to Giving Green, which directs funding to evidence-backed projects. The Nevada works with Clean The World and uses Blueland cleaning products, commercial composting, and bamboo paper products.

Owners Lipton and Friar, along with business partners Chris and Elizabeth Crane, also own the nearby luxury hotel The Viewpoint. A new spa called The Baths will launch this summer at the property.