A building formerly housing a well-known clothing factory that once employed more than five hundred employees in downtown El Paso may be on its way to being demolished.
The Meyers Group, a Miami-based development company that not long ago renovated the nearby historic Paso Del Norte Hotel, has said that it is considering getting rid of what is known as the Haymon Krupp & Company building at the northeast corner of S. Santa Fe and West Overland streets.
That four-story building, designed by famed architect Henry Trost, was completed in 1916.
The Meyers Group has said that the demolition of the structure would make way for the construction of new five-story condominium project at the site.
The company is perhaps most known in El Paso for taking on the $100 million renovation of the 352-room Hotel Paso Del Norte, which was officially unveiled last fall.
What is being called “Paso Del Norte Residences,” would see the building of luxury condominiums on the upper floors, along with some retail space on the ground level.
The Haymon Krupp building, which in subsequent decades served as the home for a furniture store and later, a boot factory, has been vacant for several years and was purchased in 2018 by the Meyers Group.
A timeline for both the demolition of the Haymon Krupp building and construction of the new condominium project has not yet been announced.
By Garry Boulard
