Mahoney and Associates is pleased to present to the market the iconic Loma Vista Inn & Gardens, located at 47540 Highway One in Big Sur, California. This commercial zoned property is 3.49 acres and consists of an operating Shell gas station (business included in sale), multiple retail storefronts (month to month leases), and a quintessential Big Sur wedding venue (business included in sale). For decades, there was a restaurant on the property, but that building was burned down in 2024. That structure was removed and a gravel pad remains today. This opportunity allows for a Buyer to continue running the gas station and wedding venue business, lease out the property, rebuild the restaurant building or redevelop the property entirely.

History

Founded in 1908, Loma Vista Inn has served visitors to Big Sur for more than 117 years. It was first built by John Pfeiffer, a member of one of Big Sur’s earliest settler families, as guest lodging just up the road from the Pfeiffer homestead. When Highway 1 opened in 1933, forever changing access to the remote region, Loma Vista became Big Sur’s central commercial and community hub, with a diner, an inn, a famed begonia nursery, and the first gas station on Highway One. That same year, the Pfeiffer family donated the remainder of their land to the State of California to preserve the redwood forests and Big Sur River corridor, leading to the creation of Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park. Loma Vista is the parks closest commercially zoned neighbor and one of only approximately a dozen commercial properties along an expansive hundred miles of California coast, which sees upwards of 7 million visitors annually. Translated to “view of the hill,” Loma Vista overlooks the Santa Lucia Mountain Range, and is nestled between both Ventana Alila and the famed Post Ranch Inn. Still family owned and operated, Loma Vista has remained a central gathering space for the community and visitors alike, hosting events, cultural programming, education, retail, and dining. In 2001, the original inn became home to the iconic Big Sur Bakery, a beloved staple on the coast. But in 2024, tragedy struck when the bakery burned down in a kitchen fire, destroying the historic building and leaving a void in the Big Sur community.