If you know Royal Oak well, then you would know the need for a decent hotel has been wanted forever. Those motels along Woodward and the Travelodge at Coolidge and Woodward were never enough and always those kinds of establishments. Maybe with a hotel, therefore extra foot traffic, the retail spaces at the lofts will be filled up.
The Daily Tribune has a better article on the plan.
http://www.dailytribune.com/article/...car-dealership
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