Orchid Tree Resort / Community Church Redevelopment

Project Name: Orchid Tree Resort / Community Church Redevelopment

Project Applicant: New Church II, LLC.

Project Address: The block bounded by Belardo, Arenas, Baristo and Cahuilla.

APNs: 513-151-037, 513-151-038, 513-151-039, 513-151-040, 513-151-041, 513-151-042, 513-151-043, 513-151-044,

Case Numbers: DA-2025-0001, DP-2025-0010, AR-2025-0077, CAMJ, 2025-0002, AR-2025-0078, CUP-2025-0008, HSPB 23, HSPB 72, (Former Case No’s: 3.0678 MAJ, 5.1345 CUP / TTM)

Application Submittal Date: 8-22-25

Project Manager: Ken Lyon, RA, Principal City Planner (ken.lyon@palmspringsca.gov)

Project Description: A comprehensive redesign of the Community Church and Orchid Tree Resort & Spa proposing a four-story luxury five-star hotel with accessory uses including restaurants, cocktail lounge, spa, meeting & event (assembly) space, a private club, a small gym, hotel guest rooms, condominiums, open outdoor recreational space with pools, cabanas, hot tubs, dining and assembly areas (event spaces), landscaping, and surface and underground off-street parking.

The project includes adaptive reuse of the Class 1 historic Community Church for restaurant, private club, kitchen, and back of house uses, and restoration of the eight (8) Class 1 historic bungalows of the former Orchid Tree Hotel as hotel guest rooms. The project includes demolition of existing structures at 205 South Belardo Road, 239 West Arenas Road, and 200 South Cahuilla Road. The project applications include a Development Agreement (“DA”), Development Permit (“DP”), Major Architectural application (“AR”), Certificate of Appropriateness for alterations to Class 1 historic sites, (“CAMJ”), a Minor Architectural application for demolition of existing buildings (“AR / HDEMO”), and a Conditional Use Permit (“CUP”), seeking to engage the high-rise ordinance, and approval of the restaurants, cocktail lounge, spa, and private club uses. An Operations Covenant Agreement was approved by City Council on April 23, 2025. A tentative tract map application (“TTM”) will be required for the condominium uses.

Current Status: (as of January, 2026) Applications are currently incomplete.