CONWAY — The former Cranmore Fitness Center’s demolition began Tuesday to make way for a four-story, 92-room Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott hotel headed by the Lafrance Hospitality Group, also owners of the Residence Inn by Marriott of North Conway.
Opechee Construction of Belmont began taking down the building Tuesday, working from the back to the front, according to Cranmore Mountain Resort Marketing Director Becca Deschenes.
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