Semiahmoo Resort, once one of the prime vacation destinations in the Pacific Northwest, has reopened under new ownership.
An LLC led by Wright Hotels and Jerry Anches, a Seattle-based investor, paid $19.5 million for the 25-year-old, 1,100-acre resort, which features a hotel, a spa and 18-hole golf courses designed by Arnold Palmer and Graham Cooke. The seller, a group led by the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, had been trying to sell the property for a year or more before closing everything but the golf courses in late 2012.
The new owners have embarked on $7 million in improvements that they hope to complete by the spring of next year.