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Special Report - Real Estate & Construction - September 27, 2012
Prominent Pullman hotel set to nearly double in size
Project will add 56 rooms, new lounge, dining area to 59-room Hilltop Inn

By Kim Crompton
Of the Journal of Business

The $7.6 million expansion at Hilltop Inn is well under way. Two months ago, the iconic Hilltop Inn Restaurant was torn down to make way for the expansion.
The $7.6 million expansion at Hilltop Inn is well under way. Two months ago, the iconic Hilltop Inn Restaurant was torn down to make way for the expansion.
—Rendering courtesy of Mueller & Associates
Barbara and Ron Wachter, owners of the Hilltop Inn, in Pullman, Wash., have launched a $7.6 million expansion of the 59-room hotel that will nearly double the number of guest rooms it offers.

The project will include construction of a 56-room addition and a new lounge and dining area that will offer sweeping views of Pullman and the Washington State University campus, says project spokesman Frank Kirkbride.

Kirkbride, of The Kirkbride Group in Lacey, Wash., is the pro...


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