Connellsville’s only hotel is closer to closing bankruptcy case in court – Uniontown Herald Standard

The attorney for the owner of Connellsvilles only hotel has filed a motion asking to close its case in bankruptcy court.

Attorney Daniel R. Schimizzi, who represents Trailside Lodging, filed a motion for entry of final decree in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

Trailside owned the former Cobblestone Hotel on North First Street. The hotel has since been rebranded and is open and operating as a Comfort Inn.

Its always been the goal to keep the hotel open and running in the Connellsville area, Schimizzi said on Thursday. I know that the company is excited to keep operating and moving forward.

In February, two years after the three-story, 54-room hotel opened, Trailside filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The filing came after Cobblestone, a national chain, cut off the hotels ability to accept reservations, because Trailside owed $20,595 in fees. The petition indicated that the hotel thrived during the warmer months with people using the nearby Great Allegheny Passage, but struggled in the winter months.

In August, the Connellsville Redevelopment Authority board voted to authorize a ballot in favor of the sale of the hotel because officials in Connellsville invested $100,000 in the project in exchange for a 5.1% share in the hotels profits and a portion of the rent from a retail shop planned for the first floor.

In September, the Cobblestone became a Comfort Inn. Its sole proprietor under the agreement reached in bankruptcy court is listed in court paperwork as Nate Morgan.

Now, Schimizzi wrote, the case is ready to be closed.

We were fortunate enough to have a lot of cooperation with all the parties involved and accomplished the goal in a relatively short period of time, he said.

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