Coast Rehoboth Beach is now open
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Coast
123 Second Street
Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971
United States
Coast Rehoboth Beach is now open on Rehoboth Avenue.
The building that was formerly the four-decade home of the Sandcastle Motel underwent a multi-million-dollar renovation over the course of nearly two years.
New Castle County developer Harvey Hanna purchased the property in late 2021 for about $13 million and began a top-to-bottom $5 million renovation soon after.
The property has an address of 123 Second St., and while the Sandcastle Motel’s main entrance was on Second Street, Coast’s entrance faces Rehoboth Avenue.
Guest rooms were made larger by enclosing small balconies, and a rooftop space overlooking Rehoboth Avenue was added. According to the hotel’s website, there is also a fitness center, indoor pool and business center.
As part of the renovation, a full-service restaurant was included. An A-frame sign board on Rehoboth Avenue says Sirocco, the hotel’s Southern Mediterranean-style restaurant, is set to open Wednesday, July 26.
The new hotel is part of Hilton’s Tapestry Collection, which is described on the company’s website as “hotels that are woven into the local community.”
Chris Flood has been working for the Cape Gazette since early 2014 and has the local parking passes to prove it. He currently covers Rehoboth Beach and Henlopen Acres, but has also covered Dewey Beach and the state government. He covers environmental stories, business stories, random stories on subjects he finds interesting and has a column called ‘Choppin’ Wood’ that runs every other week. Additionally, Chris moonlights as the company’s circulation manager, which primarily means fixing boxes during daylight hours that are jammed with coins, but sometimes means delivering papers in the middle of the night. He’s a graduate of the University of Maine and the Landing School of Boat Building & Design. People are often surprised to learn that Chris was able to convince someone to marry him and, more surprisingly, convince that person to then have kids with him.
