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Property appears vacant as sale nears
The Courtesy Hotel appears to have closed its doors — at least for now.
As of Wednesday morning a sign was posted on the front doors of the notoriously crime-ridden West Hempstead hotel, reading "Closed for buisness. Cerado" [sic].
Around 9:30 a.m., police officers patrolling the area were heard over a police scanner telling their dispatcher, "It looks like the Courtesy Hotel is officially closed."
Tom Levin, the lawyer representing Courtesy owner Bruce Zwelsky would only confirm that the hotel was temporarily closed. He said that is all the information he was authorized to divulge as of press time.
Closing on the property is expected to occur by mid-January, according to Maria Rigopoulos, regional vice president of Mill Creek Residential — the company preparing to purchase the property, demolish it and construct in its place a four-story complex featuring market-rate rental apartments.
