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Manistee Gateway Project Moving Forward After Short Pause

A project that would’ve brought a new hotel and other businesses to downtown Manistee has hit another speed bump.

The Manistee Gateway Project originally was supposed to feature a 100-room hotel and other businesses, but due to a number of factors Little River Holdings was forced to re-think the project.

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Little River Holdings General Manager Eugene Magnuson says they were forced to ‘reinvent’ the project after a jump in interest rates and concerns about a labor shortage. He also pointed out a competing hotel that’s opening up and a rise in construction costs.

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“They’ve increased by about 30% when we first looked at this project,” Magnuson reports.

Magnuson says they now have a new plan in mind for the project. He says the new project is going to be a condo hotel with a restaurant on the bottom and a roof top bar. Early plans for the project also show apartments as well.

“We were able to reassess the project and I think the project is a better project for the community and also Little River Holdings,” Magnuson states.

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The City Manager of Manistee, William Gambill, says the project is very important and is excited to see how it turns out.

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“[It] is important because we need housing in this community,” Gambill admits. “In general, the city wants to be a supportive partner, and we’re looking forward to the development.”

Little River Holdings is currently conducting surveys and plans to have construction renderings out by this summer.

“It gives us a great opportunity to look at the project as a whole and continue with construction,” Magnuson says.

He says they don’t have a timeline for construction quite yet, but hope to begin by the end of 2024.

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