Chicagoans Robert and Sue Rife plan to revive the historic Manor on Glen Lake, whose restaurant overlooking Little Glen Lake closed after Sue’s sister Nancy Wright passed away in 2020. Nancy had managed the fine dining establishment since 2004. The Rifes aspire to revive the kitchen space, renovate three cottages in the back of the property, and eventually restore the inn’s upstairs, whose rooms they will rent out. Caitlin Olmsted-Phillips, a descendant of D.H. Day and an adaptive reuse planner and preservationist in Ann Arbor, is helping guide this project.
