Dozens of companies, several city departments work together to revive Northern Hotel in Billings, Montana

This could have been the hotel remodeling project from hell.

Instead, after a year of intensive effort to rebuild the classy old, 10-story Northern Hotel http://www.northernhotel.com/ , Langlas & Associates, the general contractor, the architects and even the bankers were happy.

And the ones who really counted — the owners — were smiling, too.

After four years of planning and work, Deppmeier praised the Nelsons’ financial commitment to bringing the Northern back as a boutique hotel.

"I hope the community appreciates that," he said. "They didn’t do it cheap."

By Jan Falstad

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