Former Superior Creek Lodge in East Ridge is being renovated and converted to a Budgetel hotel.
Former Superior Creek Lodge in East Ridge is being renovated and converted to a Budgetel hotel.* Project: Budgetel Inn, being built at the former Superior Creek Lodge.
* Location: 1410 N. Mack Smith Road in East Ridge just off Interstate 75.
* Owner: J.D.H. Developers in Atlanta, which owns 24 other hotels in Georgia and Alabama. The 21-year-old company specializes in renovating old hotels.
* The property: The 43-year-old motel includes 266 rooms in 144,481 square feet of two-story buildings on five acres.
* History: The motel opened in 1973 as a Days Inn and was later purchased in 2006 for $3 million by Superior Creek Lodge LLC, which changed the hotel into an extended stay motel. Superior Creek Lodge was sued by the city of East Ridge for safety and building violations and was shut down in September 2015, forcing the evacuation of about 750 people. J.D.H. Developers bought the shuttered hotel in February for $1.4 million.