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Article: Drury Inn & Suites to locate in Findlay
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- Toledo Business Journal
- Article date:
- April 1, 2007
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Construction will begin this spring on a six story, 160-room hotel in Findlay, Ohio. The new Drury Inn & Suites will be a multi-million dollar investment for the city and approximately 25 new employees will be hired. The hotel, to be completed by spring 2008, is owned and operated by Drury Inns. Inc.
The hotel "is part of Drury's growth strategy," stated Joe Pereles. Drury vice president of development. "We were looking for a presence in Findlay off I-75, and we came across an old hotel. We bought the old hotel and tore it down, and we are now redeveloping the corner." The old hotel was built in the mid-1960s as a Holiday Inn. Later it was a Ramada Inn, and most recently it was a Travel ...