In other demolition news, TGI Friday's on West Main, near 131, has closed and will soon be demolished to make way for AVB Inc.'s new $100 million Westgate development (formerly referred to as 'The Gateway'). I find very little to be excited about for this development - the publicized plans include several big box store sites, four restaurant sites (likely national-chain), and three hotel sites, two of which have been claimed by a Holiday Inn & Suites and a Holiday Inn Express (the existing Holiday Inn at S. 11th St and Stadium Drive will apparently become a
Delta Hotel (Marriott).
All of this wonderful development will be surrounded by a sea of surface parking and access roads. I wish Kalamazoo could do better, and while this development will no-doubt be profitable, bring jobs to the area, etc. etc. it will be entirely bland and forgettable. Ugh.
TGI Fridays to be demolished as work begins on $100M Westgate project
MLive Article, by Al Jones, May 26, 2017
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