ANN ARBOR, MI - A developer wants to build two adjacent hotels on a site where an eyesore of a shuttered inn stood for years on the city’s west side.

Ann Arbor Best Hospitality is proposing an Aloft by Marriott and Home2 by Hilton at 2800 Jackson Ave., former site of the Michigan Inn hotel, which was demolished in 2009.

Each four-story hotel would have 136 rooms and 107 suites, project plans show.

Developers submitted a site plan and rezoning request to city council this week, city planner Jill Thacher said in an email. If approved, city engineers will need to approve construction plans, then they can apply for building permits.

The 4.5-acre site would have two driveways leading to to Jackson Avenue and the I-94 Business Loop, plans show. Developers anticipate beginning construction by 2020.

Ann Arbor Best Hospitality purchased the property for $3 million in 2017 from Michiginns Real Estate, LLC, property records show.

The site once held the Michigan Inn hotel, which included 129 rooms and a restaurant. It was originally built as a Ramada property in 1968.

It sat vacant from 1991 until its demolition, and was badly damaged in a 2007 fire that was ruled an arson.

The city fought for years to force demolition of the hotel as a dilapidated property before it was finally sold for $2.2 million in 2008 and demolished in 2009.

A message seeking comment was left with the owner of the property.