When it came time to strike the first blow against the building, Faisal Merani couldn’t resist climbing behind the controls of the excavator himself.
The local hotelier had been waiting years for a chance to start demolition at the old Fallside Motel, a property located at the corner of Fourth Street and Buffalo Avenue that has been dormant for several years.
On Monday, he pushed the lever dropping the excavator’s bucket down, slamming it into an old section of the building that will be cleared away as part of his family’s latest Niagara Falls venture — the development of a $27 million DoubleTree by Hilton.
The new hotel will be the third owned by the Merani family in the city.
via Work begins on DoubleTree hotel downtown – Niagara Gazette: Local News.
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