DeLand’s Artisan hotel under new ownership

August 20, 2024

By Solomon Green, The West Volusia Beacon

PHOTO COURTESY SOLOMON GREENE AND SARA PATEL

The Artisan Downtown, the historic hotel located in the heart of DeLand’s award-winning downtown, is under new ownership. The Patel family, who bought and renovated the historic structure in 2013, have sold the property to Cannes Investments LLC.

The purchase price was $3.35 million.

The Patel family, led by sisters Sara and Hina, were no strangers to the hotel business. Having grown up in the industry with their father S.B., the Patels previously owned the University Inn, which was sold to Stetson University in 2012. That hotel had been owned and operated by the Patels since 1997. After purchase, Stetson renovated the University Inn into student dormitories, renaming it University Hall.