One Central ready to roll
By Steve Sinovic
Albuquerque Journal Staff Writer
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The first residents will be moving in this weekend at One Central, the Downtown mixed-use project that broke ground over a year ago.
Nearly one-fourth of the 68 apartments have been leased, said David Stroud, One Central’s director of operations and marketing. With a ribbon cutting slated for today,construction workers were busy Wednesday with myriad tasks: installing lighting, vacuuming construction dust and making the apartments ship-shape for the new tenants.
Studio apartments, which feature floor to ceiling windows, are the most popular units so far, said Stroud, especially ones with views of the Sandia Mountains and the train tracks of the Alvarado Transportation Center across the street. The tenants are a good mix, and include UNM professors, hospital workers and young professionals working Downtown. The building comes with a fitness center, gaming space and media room.