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Hotel checks out after more than 120 years

BELLE PLAINE — Hearing no objections to its plans to demolish the old Herring Hotel, the Belle Plaine City Council voted last month to take the building down. The city will remove significant architectural items before the demolition…
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Erkka Hirvonen The Long Way Home

What Erkka Hirvonen would do with his life was never really in question. When he was a boy, his parents inherited a manor house from his grandfather and converted it into an events space and catering business…
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An unusual Four Seasons backstory

Hotel development typically follows a straightforward business narrative: The owner, often a real estate investment group, shops for a brand that makes sense for the location and property attributes. A deal is struck, and a flag is raised…
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