The Old Mission Inn is located at 18599 Mission Rd, Traverse City, MI 49686, on the historic and scenic Old Mission Peninsula.
The property features agricultural and residential zoning, with grandfathered commercial use and operational permits allowing for hotel, dining, and event operations.
The offering includes the 10.8-acre real estate, boutique hotel building, cafe fixtures, commercial kitchen equipment, historic antiques, business goodwill, and operational licenses.
Yes, the property features elevated views of Grand Traverse Bay and is situated directly across the street from a public beach, providing easy water access for guests.
Yes, detailed financial records, equipment inventories, and operating histories are available to qualified purchasers upon signing a confidentiality agreement.
The property includes a 13-room boutique inn and an additional detached five-bedroom residence suitable for owners, managers, or caretakers.
The property features a large 40' x 100' event tent, extensive outdoor grounds, and indoor dining spaces licensed to accommodate up to 150 public guests in addition to overnight visitors.
Yes, a full liquor license is included in the offering, which permits indoor and outdoor dining, entertainment, dancing, and Sunday sales.
The property boasts authentic Victorian architecture, the original 1870 Old Mission Post Office, a 1906 telephone switchboard, and historic guest registers signed by famous historical guests.
The property is located approximately 25 minutes north of downtown Traverse City, allowing guests to experience secluded peninsula living with easy access to city amenities.
ONE OF AMERICA'S GREAT DESTINATION HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES
The Historic Old Mission Inn & Mission Bay Café
Traverse City • Michigan • Old Mission Peninsula
Presented by
Ken Weaver & Marissa Spencer
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Michigan Real Estate
One of America's Great Destination Hospitality Properties
There are hospitality properties that simply provide lodging.
There are restaurants that simply serve meals.
There are wedding venues that host celebrations.
Then there are destinations that create unforgettable experiences.
Welcome to The Old Mission Inn & Mission Bay Café—one of America's truly distinctive destination hospitality properties.
Located on the internationally recognized Old Mission Peninsula, overlooking the crystal-clear waters of Grand Traverse Bay and just minutes from downtown Traverse City, this remarkable property blends historic charm, boutique lodging, exceptional dining, and extraordinary event opportunities into a hospitality experience unlike any other.
Believed to be Michigan's longest continuously operating hotel, the Old Mission Inn has welcomed travelers for generations. Today, it stands ready for its next chapter—offering an exceptional opportunity to expand an already successful hospitality business into one of the nation's premier boutique destinations for weddings, retreats, culinary experiences, and special events.
This is far more than a hotel.
It is a destination.
The Mission Bay Café
The Heart of the Property
The recently expanded Mission Bay Café has quickly become one of the Old Mission Peninsula's newest dining destinations.
Now open to the public, the café welcomes both overnight guests and visitors with:
• Daily breakfast service
• Popular special dinner events
• Beer, wine, and handcrafted cocktails
• Indoor dining
• Outdoor dining overlooking Grand Traverse Bay
The café has been enthusiastically received by both local residents and visitors, providing immediate operating income while creating outstanding opportunities for expanded dining hours, wine dinners, weddings, catering, private events, and seasonal programming.
The property is already licensed and approved for:
A Destination Wedding Venue
Imagine welcoming guests from across the country for an entire wedding weekend.
Friday evening begins with a welcome reception and cocktails overlooking the bay.
Saturday features an outdoor ceremony surrounded by mature trees, followed by dinner and dancing beneath the spacious 40' × 100' event tent.
Sunday concludes with brunch on the historic veranda before guests depart with memories that last a lifetime.
Few properties offer:
Everything needed to create one of America's memorable destination wedding venues is already here.
A Destination for Retreats & Gatherings
Beyond weddings, the Old Mission Inn offers tremendous flexibility for:
The Old Mission Peninsula has become one of America's premier destinations, attracting visitors from across the United States who come to experience its nationally recognized wineries, award-winning restaurants, scenic coastline, outdoor recreation, and vibrant Traverse City community.
Historic Character. Modern Hospitality.
History is woven throughout every room.
Guests experience authentic Victorian architecture alongside thoughtfully restored historic features, including the original 1870 Old Mission Post Office, the 1906 telephone switchboard, and guest registers signed by legendary visitors such as Babe Ruth and Joe Louis.
This authenticity cannot be recreated through new construction.
It can only be preserved.
Property Highlights
Included in the Offering
Included in the sale are the historic Old Mission Inn, Mission Bay Café, commercial kitchen, restaurant furnishings and equipment, hotel furnishings (excluding select personal property), historic antiques and artifacts, business goodwill, rights to the Old Mission Inn and Mission Bay Café names, additional residence, and applicable licenses and operational assets, subject to transfer requirements.
A Legacy Investment
Hospitality properties of this caliber rarely become available.
The Old Mission Inn & Mission Bay Café represents the opportunity to own one of America's great destination hospitality properties—a place where travelers gather, families celebrate, couples begin new chapters, businesses reconnect, and lifelong memories are created.
This is more than an investment.
It is an opportunity to become the next steward of one of Michigan's most treasured hospitality landmarks.
The Old Mission Inn & Mission Bay Café is located on the legendary Old Mission Peninsula, one of Michigan’s most scenic and memorable destination areas. Extending into Grand Traverse Bay just north of Traverse City, the Peninsula is known for its rolling hills, vineyards, orchards, historic farms, water views, beaches, and relaxed coastal atmosphere.
This is the kind of setting people travel for.
Guests can spend the day exploring wineries, scenic overlooks, farm markets, beaches, hiking areas, cycling routes, historic sites, and waterfront parks, then return to the Old Mission Inn for dinner, drinks, lodging, and unforgettable bay views.
The property offers the best of both worlds: a peaceful Peninsula setting with easy access to downtown Traverse City. Visitors can enjoy shopping, restaurants, marinas, festivals, beaches, entertainment, and year-round events, while still returning to the quiet charm of Old Mission.
Old Mission Peninsula is one of the Midwest’s most recognized wine and culinary destinations. The area attracts visitors for wine tours, weddings, romantic getaways, cycling weekends, fall color trips, boating, beach days, cherry blossoms, and winter escapes.
Few locations offer such a strong combination of natural beauty, tourism demand, food and wine culture, and event appeal.
For destination weddings, corporate retreats, wellness weekends, and private events, the setting is exceptional. Guests can gather in a historic inn, dine at Mission Bay Café, enjoy cocktails overlooking Grand Traverse Bay, explore the Peninsula, and experience one of the most beautiful coastal destinations in the country.
The location helps create the experience.
The Old Mission Inn is not simply near Traverse City. It is positioned in one of the region’s most recognizable destination corridors, surrounded by the scenery, recreation, wineries, food culture, and waterfront lifestyle that make people return year after year.
For a hospitality buyer, this location offers something difficult to duplicate: history, views, public beach access nearby, food and beverage potential, lodging, event infrastructure, and a nationally appealing destination setting.
The Old Mission Peninsula is more than a neighborhood.
It is part of the brand.
This property is located at 18599 Mission Rd, Traverse City, MI 49686
Traverse North Realty www.TraverseNorth.com Old Mission Real Estate www.LiveOMP.com 231.668.6303 Ken Weaver is the broker/owner of Traverse North Realty and our branch office, Old Mission Real Estate. With over $100 Million in closed transactions, we have the experience and expertise needed to provide you with exceptional service and results.