10 ANAHEIM I Summer–fall 2025 Nuisance motels: tearing down to build up The Rainbow Inn is Anaheim’s fourth motel demolition along Beach Boulevard since 2021. Last year, we tore down the Anaheim Lodge just south of the Rainbow Inn. The city also bought and demolished the Covered Wagon on the north side of the Rainbow Inn. In 2019, we bought the former Americana Motel just up the street and tore it down in 2021. Removing these nuisance motels clears the way for redevelopment. In May, Anaheim demolished the former Rainbow Inn — one of the last things standing in the way of better things coming to Beach. The city bought the Rainbow Inn for $6.9 million in September from Dhanuba Hospitality Inc., a family holding company. The former two-story, 42-room motel opened in 1984 and became a nuisance site harboring prostitution and human trafficking, drug sales and use, theft rings and other problems. Exciting things are happening along Beach Boulevard. In fact, more has happened on Beach in the past five years than in the past five decades. We know there is much more work ahead, and our city is dedicated to addressing crime and blight to create a livable, walkable street that all Anaheim can be proud of. Rainbow Inn demolition We have been tearing down to build back up. We know there is much more work ahead, and our city is dedicated to addressing crime and blight to create a livable, walkable street that all Anaheim can be proud of. Making progress to rebuild Beach Our multiyear effort to transform Beach Boulevard Economic Vitality
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