Historic Charlottetown hotel getting multimillion-dollar makeover [Video]

An historic hotel in the heart of Charlottetown is undergoing a more than $10-million makeover.

Rodd Charlottetown on Kent Street is 93 years old and starting to show its age. 

Mark Rostad, project manager with Rodd Hotels and Resorts, says the goal is to maintain the historical integrity of the building while preparing the property for another century.

“It’s an amazing piece of Prince Edward Island that we’re trying to restore,” Rostad said, standing on the tarp-covered scaffolding fixed to the side of the hotel.

It’s one of six hotels built across the country by Canadian National Railway — only four stand today. 

The hotel has also hosted a number of dignitaries including the late Queen Elizabeth II in 1964. 

‘We thought we had the perfect brick’

“The hardest, hardest thing we’ve had to deal with here was finding brick that was matching brick that’s been in this building for almost 100 years,” Rostad said.