Years of development at Gervasi Vineyard culminated Thursday with the opening of The Casa, a 24-room boutique hotel. "I don't think we're going to build any more buildings. This is sort of a capstone, I think, for this property," said Scott Swaldo, general manager of GV Destinations — which includes the Gervasi estate and Twisted Olive in Green.

The Swaldo family hosted a ribbon-cutting to debut the mission-style building on the southwestern side of the 55-acre estate at 1700 55th St. NE. Two ornate chandeliers hang in The Casa's lobby, from which corridors extend in a U shape around a private courtyard and pond.