Nevele Resort On Market for Over $26M

ELLENVILLE, NY-One of the properties that symbolized the glory days of the Catskill resort region is on the market for sale. The ownership of the Nevele Grand Resort & Country Club is looking for interested buyers for the storied resort here and has set the asking price at $26.5 million.

The 433-room resort was built in the early 1900s and sits on 487 acres along Route 209. The Nevele was a popular stop for many entertainers in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s during the heyday of the Catskill resorts. Since then many of the “Borscht Belt” hotels have been closed or have been sold. The property comprises a 40-building property that consists of approximately 550,000 sf.

“For well over a century, the Nevele has been a destination resort for several generations of families and conventioneers, wishing to enjoy the splendor of the Catskills and the property’s amenities,” Carillo says. The property’s amenities include: three full-service kitchens--one is Glatt Kosher--dining rooms, meeting rooms, nightclubs, lounges, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, diving pool, kiddie pool, indoor and outdoor tennis courts, racquetball/basketball courts, handball courts, a fitness center, an 18-hole championship golf course designed by Robert Trent Jones and Tom Fazio, two lakes, horseback riding trails, a skating rink, a children’s game room, snow skiing and tubing facilities. In addition to the main hotel/resort buildings that are connected by underground tunnel, the complex also includes winter lodge buildings, a ski/skate chalet, a day camp and staff housing.

The Nevele turns a net profit of $2.5 million per year despite sporting just a 28% occupancy. “An iconic property that in its heyday represented the height of luxury in the Catskills, acquiring the Nevele is a rare opportunity to upgrade an Ulster County landmark situated among the majestic Shawangunk Mountains, to bring it back to its original pristine grandeur,” he adds.

Ulster County has zoned the property RV-15, for Residential Village and R-40 for Residential/Resort. However, it is not known how many residential units could be developed on the property since a new buyer would have to seek municipal approvals for any new residential development on the parcel. The property includes contiguous land parcels with the exception of a 109-acre site located across Route 209 that the ownership had planned to develop as either a 100-acre nine-hole golf course or as time-share residential development.