5 key points from Muskegon County’s half

After years of being a vacant eyesore, two half-built hotels in Muskegon County have been repurposed into a new apartment complex.

These are five takeaways from the original article .

Buildings were unfinished for six years

The water-damaged hotel structures stood unfinished for six years along Sternberg Road in Fruitport Township before being renovated as Serenity Shores Apartments. The complex anticipated receiving a temporary certificate of occupancy by Oct. 17, allowing the first tenants to move in shortly thereafter.

A lawsuit derailed the original project

Construction, which began in 2018, was halted a year later after developer Malik Abdulnoor was sued for violating a non-compete clause. The agreement stemmed from Abdulnoor’s previous sale of a downtown Muskegon hotel, which