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Officials to Announce Renovation of Durant Hotel in Flint into Apartment Complex
Published in The Flint Journal: October 27, 2008
By Ron Fonger
FLINT, Michigan — The city's historic Durant Hotel will be redeveloped, a $30-million investment that will turn the downtown landmark into a renovated apartment complex, an East Lansing developer and the Genesee County Land Bank are expected to announce Tuesday.
County Treasurer Daniel T. Kildee, chairman of the Land Bank, confirmed today that the project will go forward and is expected to be completed by this time next year.
Plans are for the building to be redeveloped into more than 100 apartments, aimed at college students and professionals who work in or near the downtown area.
Kildee, officials from a new limited liability company that will own the building, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation and the Ford Foundation are among those expected to make the announcement official Tuesday from inside what was once Flint's grandest hotel.
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