Converting downtown office space for short-term rental

[Caleb Webster]

Does anyone here have any experience converting commercial zoned office buildings to short term rentals in Spokane? I've begun looking into the process with the city and it sounds like it will require a change of use to hotel/motel which will most likely come with additional requirements. Fire suppression systems = expensive so if there are ways around this I'd love to know about it. I have friends in other markets that have used this strategy and seen excellent returns.