Some involuntary thoughts . . .
Mr. Steed is an upscale sorta guy. To give you some idea, here's his major development:
http://www.pinnacleshores.com/pinnacle-shores.html
He also bought the local restaurant, runs his own real estate company, etc. etc.
The
Kimberling Inn is an extremely dated facility that was not all that great when the various portions of it were new. We stayed in what we considered shoddy units in 1991, and they are still there. Then we stayed in the
new units in '92 or '93, and they were just mediocre Ozark construction. That was before the lakefront units, which appear to be nicer, more like the full-ownership condos that were marketed as vacation rental properties. They literally told us they did not want us living there when we looked at them in '97.
So, anyway, I see an upscale guy getting hold of a facility in serious need of updating, and setting out to do that. He probably has a vision of what could be. Why would you rename/rebrand it if that's not what you're trying to do?
& to an upscale, high-dollar guy, $781 probably is not a very big sum.
To bring the resort up to the level of others in the Branson area would take a lot of money . . . but if my dog was in this fight, I'd want to know what the plans are for the place, and then decide if it's right for me.