BELLAIRE, MI - If you are pedaling on the Bellaire bike path or walking near downtown and don’t realize that you’re passing by the new Spillway Lodges, it wouldn’t be the first time that happened.

The area’s newest hotel was designed to look like a modern neighborhood. The contactless check-in makes the suites feel like an upscale Airbnb. But the manicured property with perks tucked in everywhere you look makes it feel like a mini resort.

And as the Spillway Lodges ’ team is celebrating their first full year of being open, they’re riding high atop a growing stack of 5-star reviews.

“We are getting really good feedback,” said Brooke Ruble, who handles Spillway’s marketing and operations. “June, July and August were hot months for us.”

Spillway includes six tall “lodge” buildings fanni

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