 | Construction crews build framing for an apartment building that will be part of the Residences at Durango, a low-income housing project at the former Best Western motel on U.S. Highway 160 in west Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald) |
Durango Herald | May 13, 2024 | Christian Burney Herald Staff Writer
Durango’s Residences at Durango, a motel-to-apartments conversion that will create 120 new low-income rental units at the former Best Western motel on U.S. Highway 160 in west Durango, will be ready to house tenants by the end of the year.
The project consists of the conversion of the former Best Western into apartments and the construction of two additional apartment buildings and a commercial building that will be available to rent for nonprofits.
By the end of the year, 72 motel rooms will have been converted into apartments and fitted with home appliances such as kitchen sinks, dishwashers and laundry machines.
TWG construction crews were hard at work this week constructing the framing for one of the two new apartment buildings.
Construction started after a groundbreaking ceremony in October. TWG Director of Renovations Brian Vandemoortele said construction has been going smoothly and the 72 flipped motel-to-apartment units will be ready to house occupants by year’s end.... continue reading article.