WILKES-BARRE — King’s College in Wilkes-Barre has agreed to buy a hotel in the Diamond City’s downtown.
King’s College officials said the school will buy the Ramada Hotel on Public Square for $2.7 million.
The college plans to put more than $11 million into a renovation project that will turn the hotel into a college building.
According to the agreement of both parties, King’s will take possession of the facility in late December and plans to begin work on the project in January of next year.