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The former McGinley’s Pocono Trail Lodge on Route 115 in Blakeslee is now under new ownership and will be reopened under a new name. PHOTO/LEHIGH FINANCIAL GROUP
Pocono lodge under new ownership, to get makeover
Stacy Wescoe//October 31, 2024//
Listen to this articleThe former McGinley‘s Pocono Trail Lodge on Route 115 in Blakeslee is now under new ownership and will be reopened under a new name.
Javier Egipciaco and his wife Kim recently purchased McGinley’s and plan to reopen it as a 16-room hotel and gastro pub.
Egipciaco hopes the remodeling will be complete and the hotel and restaurant be ready to reopen in the late summer 2025 as the Blakeslee House.
Antonia Trigiani of Lehigh Financial Group in Allentown arranged the financing for Egipciaco to purchase the 5.62-acre property and building and to complete the makeover. The property had been for sale since 2019. The purchase price was not disclosed.
Egipciaco has an extensive background in hospitality projects, starting as a bellman when he was 18. He worked his way up to senior executive with various hotel brands including Hyatt Hotels & Resorts.
“However, this is my first project that I am developing by myself,” he said.
Egipciaco and his wife own a home in the Poconos where they vacation and rent for short stays. When they saw McGinley’s was for sale, they knew they wanted it because it is in an ideal location just off I-80 near the major attractions in the Poconos.
“It was actually the perfect opportunity for us to acquire and develop,” Egipciaco said.
Their plans for the 9,000-square-foot building include a 16-room hotel each with a private bath on the upper floors and a 50-seat restaurant that serves higher quality pub food on the first floor.
