Corporate Retreats Near Detroit
Get Your Team Out of the Office and Into a Setting That Inspires
Located in Howell, Michigan, within 60 miles of Metro Detroit, our 400-acre property surrounds a private lake and offers the space and flexibility to create leadership retreats, executive offsites, team-building retreats, and multi-day company gatherings without traveling hours Up North.
With flexible meeting and event spaces, full-service catering, on-site lodging, and resort-style amenities all in one location, planning a corporate retreat is easier for you and more memorable for your team.
Corporate Retreats at Waldenwoods
Sometimes the best way to move forward is to get away from the everyday routine. A change of scenery gives teams room to focus on bigger ideas, strengthen working relationships, and spend meaningful time together outside the office.
At Waldenwoods, your retreat can be designed around what your team needs to accomplish. Start with a leadership meeting or strategy session, break for a catered lunch, spend part of the afternoon outside, then bring everyone together for dinner or an evening gathering. For overnight and multi-day retreats, your team can stay right here on the property and pick up where you left off the following morning.
Whether you’re planning an executive retreat for a small leadership team or bringing an entire department together, Waldenwoods gives you the flexibility to balance focused work with the downtime and shared experiences that make a retreat worthwhile.
Why Choose Waldenwoods for Your Corporate Retreat?
- An Inspiring Lakeside Setting: Step away from the everyday office environment with 400 acres of wooded surroundings and a private lake that give your team room to think, connect, and recharge.
- Flexible Meeting & Event Spaces: Choose from indoor and seasonal venues for executive sessions, strategic planning, presentations, workshops, group meals, and larger team gatherings.
- Breakout & Collaboration Spaces: Create an agenda that moves beyond one meeting room with additional spaces available for smaller discussions, workshops, and breakout sessions.
- Full-Service Catering & Bar Packages: Keep your retreat moving with breakfast, lunch, meeting breaks, dinners, receptions, and beverage service coordinated around your itinerary.
- On-Site Lodging: Keep your team together with historic lodges, cottages, and villas located throughout the Waldenwoods property, ideal for overnight and multi-day retreats.
- Team Building & Recreation: Incorporate time outdoors with walking trails, lake activities, fishing, campfires, sports courts, swimming, and other seasonal recreation.
- Dedicated Event Team: Our professional staff helps coordinate the details of your retreat, with event consultants available to assist with spaces, catering, setup, and your overall event plan.
- Audio-Visual Support: Rental options are available for presentations and speeches, including a speaker with one microphone connection and a projector and screen.
- Convenient Attendee Amenities: Complimentary Wi-Fi, free parking, and easy access between event spaces, lodging, dining, and recreation make it easier to keep your group together.
- Convenient Southeast Michigan Location: Located in Howell and easily accessible from Metro Detroit, Ann Arbor, Flint, and Lansing, Waldenwoods feels like a getaway without the long drive.
Create a Retreat Around Your Goals
No two corporate retreats need to follow the same itinerary. Your experience can be built around why you’re bringing your team together in the first place.
Waldenwoods is an ideal setting for:
- Leadership retreats
- Executive retreats
- Strategic planning retreats
- Team-building retreats
- Department offsites
- Management retreats
- Board retreats
- Company retreats
- Training retreats
- Multi-day corporate offsites
Spend the majority of your time working through a strategic plan, or create a more relaxed itinerary with shorter meetings, outdoor activities, shared meals, and time for your team to connect.
With everything available on one property, you can move naturally between the productive and social parts of your retreat without coordinating transportation between separate meeting venues, restaurants, hotels, and activities.
Team Building Beyond the Meeting Room
Depending on the season, your group can enjoy walking trails, private beach access, fishing, swimming, sports courts, campfires, lake activities, and other outdoor recreation throughout the property.
You can build dedicated recreation into your itinerary or simply create space between sessions for attendees to step outside, take a walk, spend time by the lake, or connect informally with coworkers.
Make It an Overnight or Multi-Day Retreat
Waldenwoods offers on-site lodging throughout the property, allowing your team to transition from meetings to dinner, recreation, and evening gatherings without leaving the resort.
Overnight accommodations include historic lodges, cottages, and villas, providing options for groups of different sizes. For leadership teams, company offsites, and multi-day retreats, staying together on-site creates an experience that’s difficult to replicate with a traditional meeting venue and separate hotel.
Waldenwoods Venue Options
Your retreat agenda can determine which spaces work best for your group. Host your primary meeting in one venue, use another for breakout sessions, incorporate an outdoor space for lunch or team activities, or create different settings throughout a multi-day stay.
Waldenwoods offers year-round indoor venues as well as seasonal spaces that allow you to make the most of our lakeside setting.
Cromaine Hall
A spacious, year-round indoor venue with classic charm and warm natural light.
Availability: Year-round
Capacity: 250 Guests
$500 for 4 hours | $1000 for 8 hours
(food and beverage minimums apply)
Cromaine Hall - North End
Availability: Year-round
Capacity: 120 Guests
$250 for 4 hours | $500 for 8 hours
(food and beverage minimums apply)
Lakeview Tent
Availability: May-October
Capacity: 300 Guests
$500 for 4 hours | $1000 for 8 hours
(food and beverage minimums apply)
Sunshine Cove
Availability: May-October
Capacity: 150 Guests
$250 for 4 hours | $500 for 8 hours
(food and beverage minimums apply)
Bellringer Room
Availability: Year-round
Capacity: 80 Guests
$200 for 4 hours | $250 for 8 hours
(food and beverage minimums apply)
Lakeview Room
Availability: Year-round
Capacity: 40 Guests
$250 for 4 hours | $500 for 8 hours
(food and beverage minimums apply)
Plan Your Corporate Retreat at Waldenwoods
Whether you’re planning a one-day team retreat or a multi-day leadership offsite, our team can help you bring together the spaces, catering, lodging, and amenities you need.
Tell us your group size, preferred dates, and what you hope to accomplish. We’ll help you create a retreat that gives your team time to focus, connect, recharge, and enjoy everything Waldenwoods has to offer.
