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FORMER WINDMILL INN Newly renovated Ashland Hills hosts open house With first phase of work complete, doors swing open Saturday and Sunday By Daily Tidings staff report DailyTidings.com By Daily Tidings staff report Posted Oct. 24, 2014 @ 7:50 pm Updated Oct 24, 2014 at 7:51 PM By Daily Tidings staff report Posted Oct. 24, 2014 @ 7:50 pm Updated Oct 24, 2014 at 7:51 PM » RELATED CONTENT • Hotel owners Doug and Becky Neuman buy Circle of Teran • Southern Oregon tourism symposium planned • Neumans' plan for Medford's Red Lion: destination resort • Closed since 2007, Windmill Inn to be remodeled, reopened » Social News The Ashland community is invited to tour the newly renovated Ashland Hills Hotel & Suites at open houses from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. today, Saturday, and Sunday, Oct. 25 and 26. Since April 2013, owners Doug and Becky Neuman, together with their partners Mike and Laura Naumes, and with the support of the Neuman Hotel Group, have been renovating this largest hotel and conference-banquet event space in Southern Oregon. The nearest larger space is at Seven Feathers Casino Resort, 82 miles north in Canyonville. Formerly known as Windmill Inn, when fully completed the Ashland Hills will boast over 230 guest rooms and suites and over 10,000 square feet of banquet space that can accommodate events up to 700 people. Windmill Inns of America paid $5.4 million for the Ashland property in 1995. In 2007, all of the original two- and three-story buildings, which housed 160 guest rooms and a banquet space for 700 people, were closed. It opened in 1978 as Ashland Hills and at its heyday was valued at $10.6 million. According to public records, the Neumans and a partner paid $1.6 million for the 14-acre resort property at 2525 Ashland St., just east of Interstate 5 exit 14. The Ashland couple owns the Neuman Hotel Group, which includes Larks Restaurant, the Waterstone Spa, the Ashland Springs Hotel, Lithia Springs Resort and the Inn at the Commons, formerly the Red Lion Hotel, in Medford. When they bought the property in April 2013, the Neumans said they planned to invest up to $6 million renovating the rooms, restaurant, lounge, meeting spaces and gardens, and hire 100 people to work in management, food and banquet service, housekeeping and groundskeeping. “Our hope is to become a favorite stop over, a family resort on I-5,” Becky Neuman said in a media release. “By staying at the hotel guests will get a feel for the essence of the region and will want to spend more time exploring Southern Oregon. This is going to be a gateway to all things Oregon.” Local business leaders have expressed their hopes the large convention center will benefit all of Southern Oregon and bring a boost of vitality and life to the region. Further renovation plans include addition of 50 additional guest rooms by spring 2015; banquet spaces, including the lobby level Grand Ballroom by summer 2015; and remaining guest rooms and suites, the restaurant and bar and a retail space that will sell “all things Oregon” beginning in spring 2016.   By Daily Tidings staff report DailyTidings.com By Daily Tidings staff report Posted Oct. 24, 2014 @ 7:50 pm Updated Oct 24, 2014 at 7:51 PM » Comment or view comments Reader Reaction » STAY INFORMED Email NewsLetter Sign Up Today Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. calendar Connect with DailyTidings.com Facebook Twitter RSS Back to top Reader Services Reader Services home Subscriptions Subscriber controls Contact us Submissions Photos Events Letters to the editor Corrections Alerts Email alerts RSS feeds Text Alerts Advertise Media Kit Home Products and services Ad rates Advertising contacts Mail Tribune Daily Tidings The Nickel Shop Our Valley Blogs Stay Informed Email newsletter Sign Up Today Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. 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