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Show Stein's Lodge celebrates second phase Architect for the Stein Eriksen Lodge project is Boyd Blackner Associates of Salt Lake . by David Hampshire The Stein Eriksen Lodge is to hotelcondominiums what Deer Valley is to skiing. Luxurious. Condominium prices range from about $595,000 for your basic two-bedroom unit to about $1.1 million for the four-bedroom spread. Not exactly employee housing. And, ironically, developer Rick Prince has discovered that the "cheaper" two-bedroom jobs are the hardest to sell. "We learned that people who are coming here are not afraid to spend the money if they get the quality," Prince told the Record recently. Stein's Lodge, as it is known around Park City, celebrated its second anniversary earlier this month by announcing the completion comple-tion of the project's second phase. And the configuration of the newly-completed units reflects the popularity of the higher-priced higher-priced spreads. When the first 31 units were built two years ago, there were only eight three-bedroom units and no four-bedroom configurations. configura-tions. However, among the 23 units in the project's second phase, 10 are in the four-bedroom category, all priced over $900,000. Prince said the interior of the second-phase units is similar to that of the earlier phase. There are the well-publicized Stein's touches like telephones in every bathroom, gold-plated (or brass) bathroom fixtures, indoor ja-cuzzis, ja-cuzzis, an in-house cable TV channel . . . So that the repeat Stein's patron knows what to expect, interior decoration of all units in the rental pool is handled by one company, Prince Designs, headed by Anne Prince, Rick's wife. "When a renter comes in, he expects the Stein Eriksen feel," he said. facilities, which will be able to handle groups of 25 to 150 people, Prince said. Completion of the facility is expected by late January. On the drawing board is the third and final phase of the project, 11 condominium units. "I hope to start that in the spring and finish it in time for our third birthday party (Dec. 15, 1985)," Prince said. Of course, facilities alone don't make a first-class hotel. The service must go along with it. And Richard Milliron, Stein's general manager, points out that, in this area too, the lodge goes the extra mile or even the extra 40 miles, since the concierge service starts at the Salt Lake International Airport. "Everything we do is to make you feel special," Milliron said. If there has been one criticism of Stein's Lodge in its first two years of operation, it is about the quality of the food service, A steady turnover in personnel has resulted in an uneven quality in the lodge's two restaurants. But Prince said he has seen steady progress in this area. "Inconsistency has been the bane of our existence," he acknowledged. "Sometimes there's still some variation but we don't have the bad nights any more." If you're thinking about spending spend-ing a night or two at Stein's, think in advance. During the busy times of the ski season Christmas Christ-mas week and Presidents' Weekend, Week-end, for example everything is booked a year ahead. However, Glissmeyer stressed that a lot of rooms are available at other times of the year. Per-night prices range from $205 to $495, depending on the type of accommodatic:i and the time of year. At this writing, all 31 units in the first phase and four in the second phase have been sold. Owners include baseball player Steve Garvey, race car driver designer de-signer Roger Penske, and the man who gave his name to the Savin coppier, Bob Savin. "You're going to see Roger Penske's four-bedroom unit written up in places like Architectural Archi-tectural Digest," Prince predicted. pre-dicted. Although all the units are or will be privately owned, about 80 percent of the "keys" are turned over to the rental pool, according to Brent Glissmeyer, director of marketing for Stein's Lodge. That translates to about 70 deluxe rooms and 40 suites in the first two phases, he said. So Stein's Lodge can legitimately call itself a 110-room full-service hotel. Currently under construction on the site is a conference center, complete with its own kitchen |