Bed & Breakfast
Repositioning Cases Studies
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Haro Guest
House.
Haro Guest House reimagines a historic bed & breakfast into a
12-room boutique hotel, rooted in epicurean experiences, wellness & cultural storytelling.
overview
project overview.
Where heritage meets epicurean hospitality & immersive design.
Designed for the discerning bon vivant traveler, the property blends heritage charm with contemporary hospitality to cultivate meaningful connections to people, place, & self.
design
& experience.
The repositioning introduced a hospitality model that celebrates heritage while embracing modern lifestyle trends:
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Curated interiors designed to reflect character & comfort.
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Wellness & epicurean programming inspired by Italy’s Slow Food movement.
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Personalized service & an immersive experience fostering a sense of local discovery & connection.
The result is a boutique hotel that feels authentic yet elevated, appealing to travellers who value unique localized stays, a personalized hotel-like Airbnb experience, & contemporary cultural immersion.
scope
scope of work.
KaidCo has identified the opportunity to transform the antiquated B&B product into a hotel-like Airbnb alternative in urban markets that face Airbnb & zoning restrictions, & small scale, heritage asset & hotel financing challenges.
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Market Analysis & Repositioning Strategy to align with modern traveler demand.
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Operating Business Plan Development focused on efficiencies of scale, local market engagement & use parameters.
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Financing & Use Strategy leveraging grandfathered permissions for low-risk entry.
This strategic repositioning strategy creates an investor-driven model that maximizes urban asset value, deconstructed door scale & operations to satisfy financing & use hurdles, while appealing to today’s lifestyle-driven traveler.
performance & results.
By blending grandfathered use & heritage preservation with an experiential brand & program, Bed & Breakfast's unlock an untapped hospitality niche as the new wave Airbnb.
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Low-risk entry into boutique ownership through grandfathered use rights & a unique financing strategy.
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A product aligned with traveler expectations for immersive, & curated local stays.
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A framework for revenue-generating, scale & boutique repositioning in other restricted markets.
Cardero Abodes
& Grocer.
Cardero Abodes & Grocer development strategy transforms a
legacy heritage property into a mixed-use boutique & culinary destination, featuring 9 boutique bed & breakfast style suites & a reimagined breakfast café & neighbourhood grocery store conversion.
overview
project overview.
Reimagining heritage through hospitality, food, & community.
The project draws inspiration from the history of grocers & markets as ceremonial community meeting points, reinterpreted for today’s urban environment as a modern cultural hub for both locals & guests by way of a neighbourhood café & boutique hotel.
design & experience.
The repositioning delivers a layered experience:
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9 heritage suites offering intimate, design-forward accommodations in a home away from home-hotel like setting.
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A bustling breakfast café in the former grocer, designed as a neighbourhood anchor.
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Community-focused amenities that strengthen the project’s role as a cultural gathering space.
The result is a heritage redevelopment that preserves authenticity while introducing
culturally relevant programming & a new operating model.
scope
scope of work.
Through a developer & ownership lens, KaidCo guided the project strategy & development plan through:
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Feasibility Study & Repositioning Strategy to align heritage potential with project economics & market demand.
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Operational Planning to create a commercially viable mixed-use model & increase ROI on heritage restoration costs.
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Heritage & Community Integration by aligning with Vancouver’s neighbourhood plan, ensuring civic support & community benefit to create a rezoning & change strategy that enhanced the economics of an underutilized asset in need of repair.
Through this holistic approach, KaidCo positioned the project to deliver both economic performance & neighbourhood relevance.
performance & results.
By introducing community amenities that aligned with city planning objectives, the project secured concessions enabling higher revenue generation & use. These revenues funded heritage restoration & supported a sensitive density increase, outcomes unattainable under traditional uses.