Arbor Lodge Motel -- later postcard
Arbor Lodge Motel -- early postcard
The Arbor Lodge Motel was a motel at the corner of Washtenaw and Huron Parkway, at 3245 Washtenaw Avenue. It is listed in directories of area hotels from 1958 to 1990.
According to William J. Conlin, the attorney representing the limited partnership that is developing the center, terms have also been reached with Walgreens for a 15,120 square foot drugstore. It would be located on the east end of Huron Village, at the corner of Washtenaw and Huron Parkway, and on the land which is more or less Barnes & Noble’s current north parking lot. It was Conlin himself who rode to the rescue in 1991 and acquired the late Arbor Lodge Motel, thereby de-railing a controversial development proposal pending for the site. Conlin led the partnership in 1992 that built the building in its place, which is currently leased to Barnes & Noble.
