Makeover underway for Old Hiway House Motel
KOB 4
[{'start': '0.160', 'end': '3.760', 'text': "So, if you've been here a long time,"}, {'start': '1.760', 'end': '5.600', 'text': 'maybe you recall what the old Highway'}, {'start': '3.760', 'end': '7.040', 'text': 'House Motel used to look like in Knob'}, {'start': '5.600', 'end': '8.720', 'text': 'Hill. In recent years, though, it'}, {'start': '7.040', 'end': '10.639', 'text': "started having a lot of trouble. We're"}, {'start': '8.720', 'end': '13.519', 'text': 'talking things like boarded up windows,'}, {'start': '10.639', 'end': '15.599', 'text': 'squatters, and fires. But new life is'}, {'start': '13.519', 'end': '17.440', 'text': 'about to come in. Our Feiz Rometo joins'}, {'start': '15.599', 'end': '19.840', 'text': 'us from the sightes of the old highway'}, {'start': '17.440', 'end': '21.279', 'text': 'house. And Feliz, not only is the old'}, {'start': '19.840', 'end': '23.119', 'text': "building gone, you've got some new"}, {'start': '21.279', 'end': '26.080', 'text': "details on what's going to be going in"}, {'start': '23.119', 'end': '27.760', 'text': 'there next.'}, {'start': '26.080', 'end': '29.920', 'text': "Yeah, Trevor. It doesn't look like much"}, {'start': '27.760', 'end': '32.399', 'text': 'right now, but plans are underway to'}, {'start': '29.920', 'end': '34.320', 'text': 'turn it into a boutique hotel. Now, this'}, {'start': '32.399', 'end': '36.840', 'text': 'is the latest trend for developers who'}, {'start': '34.320', 'end': '39.440', 'text': 'want to rebrand'}, {'start': '36.840', 'end': '41.280', 'text': 'motel. You may not be able to rewrite'}, {'start': '39.440', 'end': '43.280', 'text': 'history, but Titan Development is'}, {'start': '41.280', 'end': '45.920', 'text': 'focusing on breathing new life into the'}, {'start': '43.280', 'end': '47.520', 'text': 'old Highway House Motel in Knob Hill. It'}, {'start': '45.920', 'end': '50.239', 'text': 'really has that potential to be the'}, {'start': '47.520', 'end': '52.160', 'text': 'catalytic development for Knobill. This'}, {'start': '50.239', 'end': '54.960', 'text': 'is what the motel looked like back in'}, {'start': '52.160', 'end': '56.800', 'text': '2024 when Titan purchased it. Josh'}, {'start': '54.960', 'end': '58.480', 'text': "Rogers says they're on their way to"}, {'start': '56.800', 'end': '60.640', 'text': 'breaking ground and are working on'}, {'start': '58.480', 'end': '63.039', 'text': 'project plans to turn it into a Marriott'}, {'start': '60.640', 'end': '64.799', 'text': "Tribute Hotel. It's a really exciting"}, {'start': '63.039', 'end': '67.920', 'text': 'brand for Marriott because it allows you'}, {'start': '64.799', 'end': '70.880', 'text': 'to customize the hotel to take advantage'}, {'start': '67.920', 'end': '73.119', 'text': "of the area's history, its character,"}, {'start': '70.880', 'end': '74.880', 'text': 'its architecture, whatever feelings you'}, {'start': '73.119', 'end': '77.439', 'text': 'might get. Bernalo County recently'}, {'start': '74.880', 'end': '79.840', 'text': 'approved a $34 million industrial'}, {'start': '77.439', 'end': '82.240', 'text': 'revenue bond for the development. With'}, {'start': '79.840', 'end': '84.479', 'text': 'this bond, once the hotel is built, they'}, {'start': '82.240', 'end': '86.240', 'text': "won't have to pay full property taxes on"}, {'start': '84.479', 'end': '89.360', 'text': "the building. It's an incentive tool"}, {'start': '86.240', 'end': '91.920', 'text': 'that developers use to do projects like'}, {'start': '89.360', 'end': '93.439', 'text': "the redevelopment we're doing. And it"}, {'start': '91.920', 'end': '95.360', 'text': 'really just helps make the project'}, {'start': '93.439', 'end': '97.360', 'text': 'pencil and and brings those projects to'}, {'start': '95.360', 'end': '100.640', 'text': 'life. The boutique hotel will have'}, {'start': '97.360', 'end': '103.119', 'text': 'around 100 rooms, a restaurant, a lobby,'}, {'start': '100.640', 'end': '105.280', 'text': 'and a rooftop bar. Knob Hill is no'}, {'start': '103.119', 'end': '108.560', 'text': 'stranger to the boutique hotel scene.'}, {'start': '105.280', 'end': '111.119', 'text': 'Hotel Zaz opened in 2022 after they'}, {'start': '108.560', 'end': '112.960', 'text': 'remodeled the old University Lodge. Knob'}, {'start': '111.119', 'end': '115.200', 'text': 'Hill is kind of this forgotten gem to'}, {'start': '112.960', 'end': '117.119', 'text': 'the outside world. And it really is, at'}, {'start': '115.200', 'end': '120.759', 'text': 'least in my opinion, the best place to'}, {'start': '117.119', 'end': '120.759', 'text': 'be in Albuquerque.'}, {'start': '121.280', 'end': '125.280', 'text': 'Now, Roger says if everything goes to'}, {'start': '123.200', 'end': '126.960', 'text': 'plan, they could break ground later on'}, {'start': '125.280', 'end': '128.640', 'text': 'this year, but if not, they may have to'}, {'start': '126.960', 'end': '130.319', 'text': 'push it back to early next year.'}, {'start': '128.640', 'end': '133.200', 'text': 'Reporting live in Knob Hill, Felis'}, {'start': '130.319', 'end': '133.200', 'text': 'Romero, KOB4.'}]