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Highway 1 Motel reopens as Super 8
THE former Highway 1 Motel in east Winnipeg reopened on Monday with a new name, a new look and new owners.
Steinbach businessman Bob Schinkel and his son, Justin, have spent about $800,000 on upgrades to the 60-room facility, which is now a Super 8 Motel.
"We've renovated it entirely," Bob Schinkel said. "New drywall, paint, flooring, a new roof, a new front counter -- everything is new."
They bought the 23-year-old motel in early April for an undisclosed sum and closed it in May for renovations.
Bob Schinkel said the hotel, located just east of the corner of the Trans-Canada Highway and Highway 59, operated as a Super 8 for a number of years before the previous owners converted it to an independent operation. He said they returned to the Super 8 name for brand recognition.
The revamped facility will employ about 15 people, including 10 or 11 former Highway 1 Motel staff and four or five new additions, Schinkel said.
The Super 8 is the Schinkels' fourth hotel in Manitoba and their second in the Winnipeg area. They also own and operate the 70-room Motel 6 in Headingley, the 49-room Days Inn in Steinbach and the 37-room Heartland Inn in Winkler.
Schinkel said they're also renovating the Heartland, adding three more rooms and rebranding it as a Quality Inn.
He said they have no other hotel deals pending, "but I suppose if something came up we would take a look at it."
-- Murray McNeill
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition July 4, 2012 B5
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