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December 18, 2020 By Mike Kruzman / news@whmi.com
Work on a Genoa Township hotel that caught fire during construction last year is near ready to resume in full.
Interior work involving a lot of clean up following the October 2019 fire at the Hampton Inn off Latson Road has been ongoing. A 4th floor fire after drywall was installed but before furniture had been moved in spread to 3 or 4 rooms, according to Chris Abbo, Vice President of Construction and Operations for the Namou Group, which runs the hotel.
Through the process of putting out the fire, water worked its way down to the lower floors, leaving more than the initial smoke and fire damage. As a result, they had to gut and demolish part of the interior, while opening up the roof to expose everything. They were able to do most of this while their insurance company investigated the claim, but then were put on hold to resubmit a second set of plans to the township and authorities. Abbo estimat