NORWICH – On Wednesday, local brothers Mike and Dan O'Reilly received the news that their company, Principle Design and Engineering, has been selected to receive a $500,000 grant to transform the old Morrisville building in downtown Norwich to a new hotel.

Principle Design and Engineering, along with fellow investor Removal Corp., received word of the grant receipt nearly a year after Mike O'Reilly set his sights on building a hotel in Norwich.