A storied hotel in a tiny beachfront town in Oregon has suddenly gone up for sale.

Earlier this month, the Three Arch Inn in Oceanside went on the market, listed for $2.25 million, opening another chapter in the building’s history.

The news, which was first reported Wednesday by local newsletter The Oceansider, comes on the heels of a major renovation of the hotel, completed by owner DJ Bauley earlier this year. The work involved remodeling the hotel’s six guest rooms, adding sliding glass windows, spiral staircases and ocean-facing balconies, and included repainting the entire exterior.

“These updates have increased both occupancy and nightly rates, and the downstairs cafe is busier than ever,” listing agent Dusty Trost said. “After years of thoughtful improvements, [Bauley] feels now is the right time to pass the torch to the next enthusiastic owner.”

The hotel is a stone’s throw from the beach, and has a view of Three Arch Rocks. Rob Trost Real EstateNew renovations included upgrades to all six rooms. Rob Trost Real EstateThe hotel has undergone many transformations in its history.Rob Trost Real Estate

The downstairs cafe space has been occupied by Current Cafe & Lounge since September 2021, though the future of the business is up in the air.

Susan Moreland, general manager of the Three Arch Inn, said the cafe’s lease will expire at the end of October. She confirmed the Oceansider’s reporting that the owner of the cafe, Tyler McComas, will be leaving town at that point, leaving the future of the business in limbo. Moreland said the community is invested in maintaining a cafe on the ground floor of the building, and said there’s already multiple people interested in taking over.

“After the lease expires the name will be changed, but the cafe will remain,” she said.

According to Moreland, Bauley is planning to keep the property listed through October. If it doesn’t sell by then, he’ll take it off the market until the spring. The hotel will continue to operate until a new owner steps in.

The building has gone through several identities in the last two decades, most famously as the Anchor Inn and Grill, which between 2007 and 2009 operated as a strip club, prompting a boycott from locals. Slawomir “Sam” Piskorski, then the owner of the building, said at the time thatthe decision to rebrand as an “adult entertainment club” was a desperate play in the face of a separate local boycott of the business over the addition of a third floor to the building in 2004, which some neighbors claimed obscured their ocean views.

“I know that this is not what Oceanside wants, but I don’t want my three kids, which I’ve been raising on my own for ten years, to go hungry because of the ‘Boycott the Anchor’ situation. So please let me give this business a try,” Piskorski wrote in a county permit application.

Bauley purchased the building in March 2021, Trost said, long after the boycott had died down, and after the business had traded hands. While always drawn to Oceanside, Bauley has recently married and relocated to Arizona, Trost said, prompting the sale.

The agent called the hotel “an income-generating gem” that “runs like a well-oiled machine,” and said it offers “a true turn-key opportunity” for prospective buyers.

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