A Citizen Times file photo of the Hyatt Place Asheville Airport location under construction in 2022. As work on the building progressed, starting with permitting in 2016, Bhakta provided numerous ...

The seven-story building sits near the interchange of Interstate 26 and Airport Road and is one of more than a dozen hotels surrounding the bustling regional airport ... of the Hyatt Place Asheville ...

Bhakta had been developing the Hyatt Place Asheville Airport in Fletcher for years, with work beginning on the site in 2016 and construction beginning in 2019 after permits were approved.

An Asheville-based hotelier and politician filed for bankruptcy in early March as his company faces litigation from an asset management firm.

The weather has improved for firefighting, but wildfires continue to burn in WNC and the Upstate. Stay with the Citizen Times ...