For Dennis Hulsing, owning one hotel with an asbestos problem is enough.

Hulsing, whose Clarion Hotel at Kansas City International Airport has been closed nearly a month after workers exposed themselves to asbestos during renovations, is scheduled to close his purchase of the Lawrence Holidome, 200 McDonald Drive, on April 18.

And unlike the Clarion – where crews unknowingly scraped away popcorn ceilings containing less than 5 percent asbestos material – the 192-room hotel in Lawrence does not contain any asbestos that might be exposed during renovations, Hulsing said.

“We learned an expensive lesson,” Hulsing said. “Now we’re having everything tested, including the Lawrence property.”

Tests already have concluded that ceiling tiles at the Holidome do not include asbestos, Hulsing said. Other areas of the hotel targeted for renovation – from convention meeting rooms to the lobby to the restaurant and bar – also have been cleared for renovation work.

Hulsing plans to start hotel upgrades “immediately” upon completing the purchase of the Holidome, which his company, Hulsing Hotels Kansas Inc., has been managing since February. The property has been held in trust by bondholders since the hotel’s previous owner, Lodgian Inc., defaulted on its bond payments.

The Lawrence Holidome, cleared of asbestos concerns, is set for renovations beginning April 18.

Hulsing said that renovations and upgrades in Lawrence would be finished by the end of August.

The Clarion, meanwhile, has been closed since March 9 as crews work to clean up the entire hotel. Hulsing said the cleanup should be finished in about three weeks.