KOCHVILLE TWP, MI – Kochville Township officials are moving forward with plans to demolish a shuttered hotel as they look to attract more private investment to the township’s central business district.

The Kochville Township Downtown Development Authority (DDA) voted unanimously to acquire the former Quality Inn on Tittabawassee Road before officially purchasing the hotel for a total of $1.55 million in an auction on June 11.

“That was a lot of money,” Township Manager Steve King said. “Admittedly, it was our biggest purchase or project, as far as I know, ever, by cash value.”

The property was put up for auction after it went into receivership. The Quality Inn continued to operate at the property until August, King said.

“The hotel had been challenged for a while,” he said. “We wanted

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