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Originally Posted by deja vu
There is yet another cookie-cutter hotel slated to pop-in along the I-94 / Sprinkle Rd. corridor. This one is planned for vacant land at 3700 E Cork St.. It is described as a 4-story / 105-room Holiday Inn Express in the site plan review documents, which strikes me as odd, since the neighboring property is currently a Holiday Inn Express & Suites. I can only guess that they will rebrand its neighbor, once this one is up. |
Well, mystery solved for this one, with the announcement Tuesday that the old Holiday Inn at
3630 E. Cork St. will be converted into a shelter, focused on providing housing for families in need within the county -
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Kalamazoo County will use $5.2M to turn Holiday Inn into family homeless shelter
Brad Devereaux | MLive
October 1, 2024; Updated October 2, 2024
KALAMAZOO, MI — Kalamazoo County is moving forward with plans to convert a hotel into a homeless shelter for families with children, announcing the location of the project and approving money for the purchase. The Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners, with financial support from the cities of Kalamazoo and Portage, approved $4.5 million to purchase a hotel Tuesday, Oct. 1, during a county board meeting...
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The hotel as it appears now -
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Google
I wonder what impact (if any) this will have on the adjacent Four Points by Sheraton hotel.