IT WAS AN EYESORE AND A TARGET FOR VANDALS. NOW, THE FIRST CONDOS ARE FOR SALE AT THE RENOVATED ANASAZI BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE AT 6TH AND CENTRAL. RICK RENNIE, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF THE DOWNTOWN ACTION TEAM, SAYS THERE'S BEEN A MAJOR EFFORT RECENTLY TO GET MORE PEOPLE LIVING DOWNTOWN.
RENNIE SAYS, THREE YEARS AGO THEY SET A GOAL TO BRING 2-THOUSAND NEW RESIDENTS TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA BY 2015…AND HE SAYS THEY'RE WELL ON THEIR WAY TO REACHING THAT GOAL. HE SAYS OVER 11 HUNDRED UNITS WERE BUILT, OR BEING BUILT, AS OF LAST MONTH. THOSE SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY 2015.
RENNIE TELLS 770 KKOB DOWNTOWNS ARE SAFER WHEN MORE PEOPLE LIVE THERE…AND THEY BECOME MORE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD.
