Kent Karemaker quit his job and sold his condo in Victoria to move to southwestern Saskatchewan, where he's restoring the Grand Hotel, a 95-year-old hotel that sits vacant in Shaunavon.
Kent Karemaker quit his job and sold his condo in Victoria to move to southwestern Saskatchewan, where he's restoring the Grand Hotel, a 95-year-old hotel that sits vacant in Shaunavon. Kent Karemaker traded in his tiny condo on the West Coast for a 36-room vacant hotel, with a leaky roof, in rural Saskatchewan — a move he believes may have saved his life.
Then, as COVID-19 turned the world upside down, his mental health deteriorated. He says as a single, gay man with no children and a job he didn't love, he knew he needed an inspirational change in his life.WATCH | See inside the Grand Hotel:Kent Karemaker, 44, quit his job and sold his condo in Victoria, B.C., to restore the Grand Hotel in Shaunavon, Sask.. Karemaker says the project is helping him manage his depression and anxiety.
Karemaker stands in front of the Grand Hotel, which was named a municipal heritage property in 1999. It has sat vacant since 1981. "I think, really, what the hotel has done for me is give me purpose," he said. "I knew it would take me a long time to do it. And, and that's a good thing because it's a long-term goal and it's a reason to keep going when you're struggling with your mental health and finding reasons to keep here on the earth, you know?"
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