Gates, N.Y. (WHAM) — A long-vacant hotel property along a key corridor in Gates is being transformed into a new warehouse and public showroom, town officials said.
The former Holiday Inn on Brooks Avenue, later operated as a Ramada, closed in 2020 and sat abandoned for years. Gates Town Supervisor Cosmo Giunta said the empty building became a highly visible problem for the town.
“People land here at the airport. You’re seeing it off the expressway, and just to see that property be abandoned and in disarray, and you know it’s truly an eyesore,” Giunta said…