Editor’s Note: This story’s headline has been updated to show that the development would be in the Sawmill District.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Should a pair of franchise hotels be built in a historic part of Albuquerque? That’s the question being debated in the Sawmill District, and now the community will have more time to share their thoughts before Albuquerque City Council makes a decision.
Plans to bring pair of chain hotels near Old Town face pushback
Residents expressed concerns about the idea of two franchise hotels taking the place of an empty office building in the Sawmill District. “We are paying the price with traffic and safe streets; this proposed hotel is going to add a lot more traffic to the area where pedestrians cross,” said Pauleen Baca.
Developer Sun Capital’s building would sit there, which is the site of a former New Mexico Health Care Authority office on 18th Street, just down the street from Explora and the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, and within walking distance of Old Town…