GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – Restoring Green Bay’s Hotel Northland is going to take a bit more time than expected, the hotel announced Friday.
The project to restore the 90-year-old building as a hotel began in 2016.
Searching for specific parts has drawn out the process, construction officials say.
“Many of the hotel’s original architectural elements simply can’t be duplicated today causing us to scour the country and beyond for a variety of replacement parts and pieces,” explained Executive Vice President Kelly Schleif of Ganther Construction.
Those challenges have prompted the hotel to take guests sometime next year, rather than by the end of 2018 as some had hoped.
“We are going to take whatever time is necessary to finish it properly to make sure everything is exactly as everyone in the community expects it to be. And then we are going to open the doors,” said General Manager John D. Williams. Williams is leading the project.
Until then, the Poke the Bear restaurant at the hotel is set to open December 20 at 11 a.m.
It will be open Tuesday through Saturday, serving lunch, dinner, and cocktails from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m.
The new bar and restaurant will expand its hours and days of service with the coming new year. Poke the Bear guests should enter at the hotel’s entrance at 304 N. Adams Street.
