California restaurant mogul buys Super 8 motel in Longmont

LONGMONT — The chief executive and founder of a California restaurant franchisee company paid $4.7 million recently to buy the Super 8 hotel at 2446 N. Main St. in Longmont.

Aurora based Choi’s Hospitality sold the 64-room hotel to SFL LLC, an entity formed by WKS Restaurant Group CEO Roland Spongberg and a business partner.

Spongberg, who also owns a Quality Inn by Choice hotel in Ogallala, Neb., said his plan is to continue operating the Longmont hotel, with plans to renovate all of the guest rooms.

He said he liked the property for its location along one of the gateways to Rocky…