Hartl said that people were happy with how the restaurant was updated before its closure. The Linger Lodge Campground has been upgraded and will now have 140 spots featuring water, sewer and electrical connections. The old parking lot was a dirt lot that turned into a muddy mess when it rained and did not have proper lighting. “We hope it's going to be maybe the end of February.” “As soon as we get this parking lot to where we can close it off, or we're not worried about people going into the construction side of the RV park, we're going to open up the restaurant,” Hartl said. The restaurant has been closed since August 2020. It will still be managed by Ruth Hofer, who said many people have contacted Linger Lodge concerned that the restaurant could change as part of the renovations. One thing that will not be changing is the Linger Lodge Restaurant itself. (RV is) a growing industry, more and more.”Īsset manager Ruth Hofer said Franz Hartl already owns more than a dozen properties, including office, storage and multi-family buildings as well as single-family homes, on the west coast of Florida. “It was something new and something interesting,” his son and project manager Philipp Hartl said. It immediately did a four-month renovation on the restaurant after buying it. Owned by Austrian businessman Franz Hartl, River Loft wanted to expand its business portfolio in the region by purchasing an RV resort. Gamsky owned the property from 1968 to 2005. Kaplan and Bennett, now Manatee County’s supervisor of elections, purchased the site in 2005 from longtime owner Frank Gamsky, an amateur taxidermist who filled the restaurant with displays of his work. Mike Bennett at a purchase price of $5 million. “You’ll be able to see down to the river, and enjoy the sun.” Previous renovationĪustrian real estate group River Loft LLC acquired The Linger Lodge RV Resort and Linger Lodge Restaurant in September 2016 from Marvin Kaplan and former Sen. “It’s going to have a spa, a tiki hut and chairs where you’ll be able to sit and hang out,” Hartl said. The old dirt lot washed out easily during rainstorms.Īnother new feature will be a large pool that will be built at the clubhouse, which is being constructed with pillars that keep the Old Florida styling. It’s going to look great when it’s done.”Ī brand new paved parking lot awaits diners to return to Linger Lodge Restaurant. We’ve tried to keep as many trees as possible, but that’s tricky when you have to install utility lines and deal with root systems. “The shell roads will help keep the Old Florida look,” Hartl said. Shell roads will be installed toward the end of the project. Now they will be a short walk to a new bath house. Some of the former spots were unusable due to broken utilities. All of the spots will have access to water and power hookups. ![]() The new RV includes land toward the back of the property that came from the purchase of lots outside the original property line. Linger Lodge began as a campground in 1945 and evolved into a restaurant and RV park. The number of RV spots has risen from 100 to 140. The project consists of two key parts - rebuilding the RV park, which now includes a clubhouse, bath house and an office building and rebuilding the parking lot. to preserve as much of the beauty of nature that is here.” "Everyone said leave this as Old Florida and I think that was our goal. “When we bought the property, we got a lot of pushback saying don't change anything,” said Philipp Hartl, who is Franz Hartl’s son. That vision, long in the works, is close to becoming a reality for Austrian businessman Franz Hartl and his family, whose River Loft LLC real estate purchased Linger Lodge Restaurant & RV Campground in 2016. Increase in the number of RV spaces from about 100 to 140 Linger Lodge improvements (reopening planned for February)Īddition of a screened-in pool and clubhouse featuring a prep kitchen, gym, showers, restrooms and conference room That’s because the property has been undergoing an extensive renovation that will see more camping spaces, a clubhouse, pool, nature trails, a new bathhouse and more. ![]() If you took a stroll around the Linger Lodge property or have driven by it recently, chances are you wouldn’t recognize much outside of the iconic restaurant building.
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