Company founded by TV bandleader Lawrence Welk is building a timeshare resort in Breckenridge

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BRANSON MO NEWS: Building on the success Breckenridge has had in the timeshare industry, an established company is constructing a plush, 123-key resort on six acres of riverfront property north of downtown, and it’s expected to open in late 2019.Based in San Marcos, California, Welk Resorts sells points-based timeshares with six properties in San Diego, Palm Springs and Lake Tahoe, California; Branson, Missouri; Cabo San Lucas, Mexico; and now Breckenridge. The company was founded in 1964 by the popular TV bandleader Lawrence Welk, and has remained mostly family-owned since then, with Jon Fredricks, the founder’s grandson, taking over as president and CEO.Boasting more than 1,800 workers in U.S. and Mexico, Welk Resorts has affiliations with about seven other resorts the company doesn’t manage, but its guests can use nonetheless.What precipitated the effort to expand into Breckenridge? “Our owners, we knew, love the magic of the Colorado mountains and exchange here, and really enjoy this area,” Fredricks said during a dual ground-breaking and ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday in Breckenridge. “We wanted to add an additional ski location, and this property became available after the last recession.”According to Fredricks, Welk Resorts worked with Breckenridge Lands to purchase the 6.5-acre riverfront property at 639 Shores Lane in 2013. According to local property records, the company closed on the sale for $6.9 million in May 2014.But the story of how The Ranahan is coming into existence goes back much further than that.Recommended Stories For YouThe way Fredricks tells it, the property was once a working ranch owned by a local miner. In fact, the original fireplace from the miner’s home will become a centerpiece of The Ranahan after it’s rebuilt inside the resort lobby. Meanwhile, the barn has been turned into a preview center, which is finished and ready to start selling timeshares, while the original bunkhouse will …



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