Do you remember Cross Country Inn?<\/h1>\n

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Don Kenney opened the first Cross Country Inn motel in Columbus, Ohio, the first property in what became a first-rate, limited-service hotel chain that grew to more than 3,000 rooms across 30 properties in Ohio, Kentucky, and Michigan, and was valued in excess of $113 million.<\/p>\n

Columbus real estate developer Don Kenney has sold his hotels as he winds down the 15-year run of his Cross Country Inn chain. Don Kenney sold seven Cross Country hotels and a Super 8 motel this month in a 10-property deal for $28 million to an investor affiliated with a Chicago-area bank.<\/p>\n

The Rise & Fall of Cross Country Inn<\/h2>\n

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\n 1988FoundedCross Country Inn was Founded<\/p>\n

Cross Country Inn was an American motel chain founded in 1988 by Don Kenney. It had more than 30 locations in the Midwestern United States at its peak.<\/p>\n

2005DefunctThe End of Cross Country Inn<\/p>\n

In 2003, Kenney sold the chain’s assets. The last of the motels was sold in 2005.<\/p>\n