Walter Zielinski has searched Northeast Ohio for a building to turn into a boutique hotel. He thinks he may have found one in the former Akron Public Schools headquarters.
The 109-year-old Bowen School building, which later served as the school district’s administrative offices, could one day boast a top-floor restaurant with a rooftop deck. It has enough space to build out suites on the first floor. And there could be as many as 35 hotel rooms carved from the old education facility, Zielinski said following a walk-through late last week.
“I have an idea of what I want to do, how it would all work,” said Zielinski, a retired IT professional who said he’s long wanted to open a hotel. “There’s some unique things that make this stand out.”…