HKHR Hospitality Corp. of Hays announced Friday afternoon it will build a new urban design La Quinta Inns & Suites four-story, 81-room hotel immediately west of the Golden Corral restaurant (soon to be remodeled as an Old Chicago pizza restaurant and taproom).

Partners Srujan Vusi, Oklahoma City, and Raj Sharma, Hays, said their group has also purchased the Hays Motel 6, which will be renovated and become the independent Hays Tiger Inn.

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