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\n\"surfside\n<\/div>\n
Salim Amersi, owner of Surfside On The Lake, said his team has an aggressive schedule to modernize and expand the business, which will look like this architect’s rendering when complete.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

BY R.J. DELUKE<\/p>\n

Work on modernizing and expanding the
\nSurfside On The Lake resort at 400 Canada
\nSt., Lake George, into a three-story hotel
\nwith meeting rooms and extra amenities was
\npostponed a bit, due to the complexities in
\nplanning and designing.<\/p>\n

But once the current tourist season dies
\ndown, sometime after Labor Day, owner Salim
\nAmersi said the project will take off.
\n“We will be on a very aggressive schedule”
\nto try and get the facility finished by Memorial
\nDay of next year. “It’s going to be a challenge.”<\/p>\n

The project calls for 50 current rooms to
\nbe demolished and 50 new rooms to replace
\nthem. The new rooms will be bigger and include
\nluxury features.
\nAmersi said each of the rooms will have
\nprivate balconies. There will be underground
\nparking and all new administrative offices for
\nmanagement and staff. The lobby will also
\nbe new.<\/p>\n

The facility “will be much more accommodating”
\nfor guests, he said. And there will be
\ntwo meeting spaces–one with a capacity of
\n85 people and the other 180 people.
\n“It’s going to be a unique building, one of
\na kind,” he said. “This will put us in a good
\nposition to compete [with other area hotels].
\nIt will put the Surfside on good footing for the
\nnext 15 years and on.”<\/p>\n

Amersi did not specify, but said he was glad
\nto have funding from local banks.<\/p>\n

Open May through October in the past, it
\nwill be come a year-round hotel, Amersi said.
\nIt has 154 rooms. The 50 that will be demolished
\nand replaced are oldest units.
\n“There will be quality materials throughout,
\nfrom the finishing on the exterior, to the interiors,”
\nsaid Amersi, adding that “it is going to
\nbe very efficient. Low-cost cooling and heating
\nwill be emphasized. It costs more up front, but
\nthere is a long-term gain.”<\/p>\n

He said the historic roadside Surfside sign
\nwill remain. It dates back to its origins as a
\ncabin motel in the 1940s.
\nAmersi has owned the Surfside since the
\n1980s.<\/p>\n

Amersi at one point had plans to build a six story
\nhotel on the site of his current business.
\nA zoning change in the village allows for taller
\nbuildings in one area of downtown, including
\nthe other side of Canada Street where a Marriott
\nCourtyard Hotel is being built.<\/p>\n

However, the zoning change did not extend
\nto Amersi’s property. The zoning rules where
\nhis property lies do not allow a building that
\ntall. The Surfside property and most of the
\neast side of Canada Street were excluded from
\nthe new district because of their proximity to
\nthe lake shore.<\/p>\n

His revised project gained approval Oct. 15
\nfrom the Lake George Village Planning Board.
\nMichael Consuelo, executive director of the
\nLake George Regional Chamber of Commerce,
\nsaid the Surfside project is a “totally different
\nconcept” for the village. “Unique and different”
\nit will be “an attention grabber.”<\/p>\n

He said with the Surfside being on the other
\nside of the street from the new Marriott, it will
\nbenefit by getting “overflow” when Marriott
\nhas major meeting events.<\/p>\n

About both projects, Consuleo said he
\nhopes it will spur existing businesses in Lake
\nGeorge to upgrade their businesses, as well
\nas attract developers with interest in new
\nprojects.
\n“We’re on the verge of new and exciting
\nthings” in Lake George, which opens exciting
\nprospects for the future, he added.<\/p>\n

MLB Construction of Malta is the general
\ncontractor for the Surfside. The architect
\nis David Neary of Saratoga Springs. WPS
\nConsulting Engineers of Glens Falls is the
\nmechanical engineer, while Hutchinson Engineers
\nof Queensbury is handling the civil
\nengineering and Bill Barry Engineers and
\nConstructors are the structural engineers.<\/p>\n

Photo Courtesy Surfside On The Lake<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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