We look for one thing: an existing building with character, 20 rooms or more, in beloved drive-to markets.
Motels, lodges, inns, resorts, the old hotel on the main street. Places with a sense of place and good bones. We add the rest: the rooms, the wine bar, the sauna, the brand, and the guests who come back every season.
Within two hours of a major city. Near a lake, a hill, or a walkable downtown. If you have one of these and you're wondering what it could be, write to us.
Track record
Two boutique hotels. Beloved by guests and press.
Both were tired buildings with good bones when we found them. Today they are full every weekend, with wine bars the locals love.
How we work together
Three ways in.
Every building and every owner is different. These are the shapes deals usually take; tell us which sounds like you.
01
We buy the building
The simplest path. We purchase outright, or with you staying in as a partner, and take on the renovation and the operation.
Fits: owners ready to sell, estates, tired operators
02
We run it under a management agreement
You keep the real estate and fund the renovation. We design, brand and operate the hotel as a Somewhere Inn and share the upside on a long-term agreement.
Fits: owners and investors who want the asset without the operating
03
We build it together
A joint venture on the land or the building. You bring the property or the capital, we bring the concept, the team and the guests.
Fits: landowners, capital partners, families with a place and a plan
What we bring
Everything after the keys.
Design and renovation
From first sketch to opening night. We have done it twice on buildings most people had written off.
A brand people already know
A returning guest list across two towns and national press that follows each opening.
Tech that keeps the focus on hospitality
The best tech providers + our proprietary layer that reduces admin and surfaces the right data on our guests in the right moment.
Marketing that drives direct bookings
Our marketing engine drives 70-90% direct bookings through our own website. That’s margin that stays with your building, rather than with OTAs.
An operating team
Front desk, housekeeping, bar and events, hired locally and trained on our systems, supported by the founder and his team of executives.
Weddings, retreats, and off-sites sales funnel
The whole-hotel bookings that fill the midweek and the shoulder seasons.
Start a conversation
Tell us about the building.
A few lines is plenty. We read every note ourselves and reply within a week, usually sooner. Prefer email? develop@somewhereinn.ca
I am
An owner with a building
A landowner
An investor
An operator
Rooms today (or could be)
Under 20
20 to 40
40 plus
It is land
I am thinking about
Selling
A management deal
A partnership
Not sure yet
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