StonePark Capital’s Latest Project Opens

Ubiquitous charity emcee and auctioneer Andrew Firestone has joined the inn crowd!

Andrew and his business partner, Jess Parker, who run five-year-old StonePark Capital, have just opened their fourth hotel property in San Luis Obispo, the La Quinta Inn and Suites by Wyndham.

The three-story, 102-room hostelry, formerly the Monterey Hotel, has a sky bridge that connects the two wings of the property, and a pool and spa on the roof.

The company, which develops and acquires hospitality opportunities, also has a 104-room hotel in Morgan Hill in the San Francisco Bay Area, a 100-room hostelry in Santa Rosa and a 70-room property on State Street in our Eden by the Beach, formerly a Days Inn that underwent a $4.5 million renovation and is now also a La Quinta Inn and Suites franchise, opening in 2013.

The great grandson of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company founder, Harvey Firestone, Andrew gained national notoriety when he became the title subject in the ABC realty series, The Bachelor, in 2003.

Andrew, 43, whose father is former politico and winemaker Brooks Firestone, married his wife, Ivana, 11 years ago and they have three children, Adam, 10, Anja, 8, and Shane, 5.