Minnetonka hotel on I-394 sold to active local buyer


The La Quinta Inn & Suites in Minnetonka has sold to Empire Hotels, a Minneapolis and Buffalo, N.Y.-based owner and developer of hotels.

Empire paid $8.2 million for the 127-room hotel at 10420 Wayzata Blvd., according to a certificate of real estate value filed Wednesday. The deal includes $650,000 worth of furniture and fixtures.

“We’ve been after this hotel for seven years,” said Empire President Harshal Patel. “We didn’t have anything out there and we wanted to be on 394 because…

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