A Palm Springs, CA, property that epitomizes the realm’s vibrant and funky architectural type has been put available on the market, presenting a possibility not solely to personal a bit of design historical past—however a profitable enterprise mannequin as nicely.
Enter The MOD, an eight-room boutique resort within the coronary heart of the thriving California desert oasis that boasts an intriguing mixture of conventional Palm Springs vitality and Instagram-worthy facilities.
Designed very like a conventional motel, with one single-story constructing that homes a mixture of rooms and sprawling suites, it is now available on the market for $2.5 million. The property was initially in-built 1952 and bears most of the authentic hallmarks from that period, with a number of fashionable updates that assist to provide it new relevance within the modern-day.
With perky bright-yellow doorways to every unit and a pool scene that sports activities splashy white-and-yellow striping, it suits proper into this design-oriented vacation spot.
After the sellers snapped up the property in 2023, when it was often called the Artwork Resort, they launched into a serious restoration that honors its 1952 roots whereas additionally modernizing the facilities for vacationers.
Each inch of the sq. footage was up to date within the latest renovations, together with baths, bedrooms and tilework. Some items are suites, “with full kitchens, furnished patios or balconies, separate eating areas, and in-unit workspaces,” reads the itemizing.
Billed as an “distinctive funding alternative,” The Mod is tucked into the Uptown Design District, simply 10 minutes from the Palm Springs Worldwide Airport and round 45 minutes from the grounds of the wildly well-liked Coachella music competition.
Itemizing agent Adam Gilbert of The Agency Business notes that the property’s plum location makes it the right place for guests to discover Palm Springs, explaining that it’s simply “walkable to bars and eating places.”
Removed from a rundown enterprise that requires extraordinary ranges of funding and renovation, The Mod is basically a turnkey property that’s being supplied with all of its present furnishings, in addition to built-in “self-check-in expertise and digital administration methods,” each of which assist to run the motel with minimal employees.
Based on Gilbert, it’s uncommon for such an entire package deal to return to the market, significantly in a spot the place tourism is such a serious supply of revenue for the native economic system.
“One thing completed at this stage hasn’t been available on the market shortly. It’s turnkey, able to go,” the agent, who bought the property to the sellers, famous. “Lots of people are stepping into the hospitality house. There are positively alternatives.”
In his knowledgeable opinion, the turnkey nature of the property, coupled with its comparatively low price ticket, make it the right alternative for somebody who’s seeking to make a transfer into the hospitality trade, significantly as a result of they will not need to cope with the ins and outs of a full-scale renovation.
A extra typical situation in Palm Springs, says Gilbert, is a resort that prices $2 million however requires $1 million in renovations.
The present homeowners additionally personal the 12-room Maya Resort subsequent door and had initially deliberate to function each venues as full buyout leases for teams, slightly than providing them as conventional accommodations—nonetheless Gilbert believes a extra commonplace enterprise mannequin can be the most suitable choice for a purchaser.
“The imaginative and prescient for The MOD is somebody would are available in and hire out the eight rooms individually on a nightly foundation,” he defined.
“Lots of people got here in and thought they might do the Airbnb mannequin however that’s probably not what vacationers need proper now. They need the rooms cleaned every day. Your on a regular basis traveler needs extra facilities than they did a number of years in the past.”
The sale would additionally fold in “furnishings and on-site facilities,” in accordance with the itemizing, and there’s an choice to both proceed the resort beneath the identical identify or rebrand it totally.
As a result of it has been supplied as a full buyout and the homeowners have solely had it for 2 years, model recognition hasn’t but been constructed. This solely means the client has extra artistic license to launch their hotelier dream.
“Most individuals, in my expertise, will are available in and create their very own model,” says Gilbert.
A pool and on-site parking are additionally on the 8,278-square-foot lot.
