Albuquerque Development Thread

[ABQalex]

Facebook yesterday formally announced the expansion of its Los Lunas data center site with two new buildings (buildings seven and eight) in an $800 million project. This is the first phase of its doubling of the data center site by six buildings over the next several years. Construction on the last two buildings (buildings five and six) of the initial project site are scheduled to be completed by 2023.

https://www.abqjournal.com/2441105/f...expansion.html

Facebook will add two more buildings to its massive data center in Los Lunas, expanding its investment there by $800 million, the company announced Wednesday.

The California-based social media giant, which broke ground in fall 2016 on its local data center complex, had planned to construct six buildings at Huning Business Park near Interstate 25 and N.M. 6. Now, it will expand its 730-acre campus there to eight buildings, increasing its total investment from an estimated $1.2 billion previously to $2 billion going forward, the company said.

It will be another three or four years before the entire complex is fully operational. But three of the initial six buildings are already up and running, Facebook Construction Manager Charles Tomlin told reporters during a tour of the campus Wednesday morning. One half of the fourth building has also come online, with the other half expected to power up late next year. And construction is steadily advancing on the fifth and sixth facilities, which are scheduled for completion in 2023.

Now, with two more buildings in the works, Facebook expects to employ 400 permanent workers once the full campus is operational, up from 300 permanent employees it projected with six buildings. And the additional construction means extended employment for roughly 1,100 temporary workers.

“We’ve had about 1,100 construction workers steadily employed here since December 2016,” Tomlin said. “That’s five continuous years with that number of workers on site.”

Here's a short drone flyover of the Los Lunas data center site from the Valencia County News-Bulletin on YouTube.

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Here is an image of the existing facility, a rendering of the expansion, and a rendering of the site with all eight announced data hall structures.

https://datacenters.fb.com/

https://www.facebook.com/LosLunasDataCenter/







Here's an image from a real estate listing nearby that outlines all the land that Facebook owns in Los Lunas, about 750 acres. At the upper left edge of the image is where the new Amazon facility looks to be beginning construction.

https://www.crexi.com/properties/557...se-development

[ABQalex]

More evidence that Amazon is building a new facility in Los Lunas. The same account on Vimeo which posted construction videos of Project Chico and Project Nico, has recently posted a video for "Project Charli," which is very obviously in Los Lunas at the site on New Mexico Highway 6 just west of the Facebook data center. The project is being built by Ryan Companies, just like the other Amazon facilities in Albuquerque.

There are two earlier videos that were posted as well. And of course the videos from the account have went back to not being able to be embedded here directly, but I've linked to them below and also posted a screenshot of each as well.

9-24-21

https://vimeopro.com/dronebros/const...ideo/615623316



10-5-21

https://vimeopro.com/dronebros/const...ideo/625074852



10-23-21

https://vimeopro.com/dronebros/const...ideo/638506565



I think the only question now is what kind of facility this will be. I'm excited to find out, and look forward to seeing the progress on this project!

[ABQalex]

A Texas company will be bringing its fiber-optic high-speed internet service to Albuquerque and will be creating 150 permanent jobs as well as 200 construction jobs for three years while it builds its local network. Vexus Fiber says that it will begin offering its 10 gigabit service as soon as next year in some parts of the city and citywide by 2024.

https://www.kob.com/albuquerque-news...erque/6283706/



Edit: Here's the Albuquerque Journal's coverage where it says that this will be a $250 million investment by Vexus Fiber in Albuquerque.

https://www.abqjournal.com/2441660/i...rk-in-abq.html

A Texas-based internet provider plans to invest $250 million to establish a new fiber broadband network in Albuquerque.

Vexus Fiber, which operates in 35 communities in Texas and Louisiana, announced plans to expand into Albuquerque by building a fiber network that brings broadband connectivity to every corner of the city. Vexus president and CEO Jim Gleason told the Journal the full build-out will take about three years, but customers in certain neighborhoods will have access in 2022.

“We’re going to be building a faster network that is able to deliver increased speeds over traditional providers,” Gleason said.

Gleason said Albuquerque is the right size of market for the company, which specializes in providing fiber to mid-sized cities. Operating in such markets allows the company to build a brand and establish a local office that has an impact on the local economy, Gleason added.

“In a town like Albuquerque, that’s more impactful than it is if you’re in a big city,” he said.

Gleason said about three-quarters of the company’s planned $250 million investment in Albuquerque will go directly toward the construction of its fiber network. Gleason said the company plans to run fiber optic cable directly to homes and businesses, near where telephone and power lines connect.

“We’re going to be going in with a fiber line that’s going to go right alongside all of those utilities,” Gleason said.

Vexus expects the build-out to begin next spring after the company inks a right-of-way agreement with the city and begin its design process. Gleason said construction should create around 200 temporary jobs. Additionally, the company plans to establish an office in the city that will host approximately 150 permanent jobs in Albuquerque, including managers, sales and customer care positions.

[ABQalex]

The soccer stadium bond was defeated in yesterday's election. Only 35 percent of voters were in favor of the measure.

https://www.kob.com/albuquerque-news...-fail/6289276/

Albuquerque voters made the final decision on a $50 million bond proposal for a professional soccer stadium. They voted no.

Yes (40,581 votes, 35%)

No (76,799 votes, 65%)

New Mexico United had recently announced plans to contribute $30 million to the stadium, with $10 million upfront toward the stadium's construction.

Community members held rallies and protested the stadium, arguing the money would be better spent on education, health care and affordable housing. Others worried the facility would drive up the cost of living in Barelas or South Broadway, the two primary locations the city was considering for the stadium.

Ugh, is all I can say!

The lie that the city isn't doing enough for the homeless and housing affordability seems to have convinced many to vote against the bond. They did so while approving hundreds of millions in other bonds on the same ballot for those very issues, along with bonds for fighting crime, which was another bunk argument against funding the stadium.

[ABQalex]

KRQE on Monday had this story about a possible new boat dock, small craft ramp and picnic area along the river in Bernalillo. The story includes an update about the @Rio riverwalk development in Bernalillo that was proposed a few years ago. I had been wondering about its status and unfortunately it looks like it's most likely dead.

https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico...k-along-river/

It’s rare you see any development on the river in the Albuquerque area but now there’s a move to build a boating and canoeing area along the Rio Grande. The Outdoor Recreation Department within the Economic Development Department released the awardees of the grant that would develop a new outdoor development.

In Bernalillo, they are planning on building a new picnic area and a dock and ramp for kayaks and canoes. The Rio Grande Conservancy District, along with a group called the Paddlers Coalition, filed for the state grant to bring more access to the Rio Grande around Highway 550.
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This isn’t the first proposal to bring more people into the area along the river. Three years ago, a developer wanted to build a river walk with shops, restaurants, and canoe rentals on the west side of the river but nothing has been done yet.

KRQE News 13 called the architects connected to that project and were told they don’t know if it’s still alive. Back in 2013, Albuquerque floated the idea of adding a boardwalk, bike and boat rentals and a cafe along the river but that idea was immediately shot down.

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https://www.abqjournal.com/1225880/r...l-housing.html

[ABQalex]

Albuquerque Business First has an article about Mark Baker's plans for a new residential conversion in Downtown Albuquerque and a new project in Nob Hill. He's been hinting about both projects on his social media accounts since earlier this year. The Downtown project will convert the former St. Mary's convent/nursing home at 7th and Copper into 14 market-rate apartments. The Nob Hill project will be a new construction watering hole and restaurant on Hermosa Drive NE near Central.

https://www.bizjournals.com/albuquer...-concepts.html

Mark Baker is a busy man. After opening the 505 Central food hall last November, Baker is right back to his developing ways. In the coming months, he will move forward simultaneously on new Downtown apartments and a Nob Hill wine room.

Baker said he will close on the purchase of the old St. Mary's rest home at 205 7th St. NW later this week. He said he will purchase the two-story, brick building from the Archdiocese of Santa Fe.

He plans to convert the current living spaces, which have layouts like dormitories, into 14 market-rate apartment units. The development should take a period of about nine months, which would bring The Villa to market next July or August, Baker said.
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Less than four miles east in the Nob Hill neighborhood will be Baker's other venture: the Public House wine room.

Baker said Public House is owned by High and Dry Brewing, of which he's a partner, that will essentially be a satellite taproom at 201 Hermosa Dr NE. "It's a wine-forward taproom. We will have three or four of our beers on tap, but we'll primarily be focused on wine and how that pairs with food," he said.

Baker said the building is shaped like a barbell with one end dedicated to Public House and the other going to a new restaurant called Butter. In between, there is a courtyard that both will share.

He said that renderings are complete and the group just submitted applications for building permits. Baker expects the buildout to take about four months with the hope to open in the spring.

Edit: Correction, it looks like the project in Nob Hill is also a conversion/rehab of an existing building. For some reason I thought it was going to be a new building. Below is a picture of the existing structure on Loopnet, as well as additional renderings from Baker Architecture + Design's Facebook page. Certainly a huge improvement!

https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/201-...e-NM/10931977/



https://m.facebook.com/bakerarchitecture/

[ABQalex]

The Albuquerque City Council last night approved the ground lease and development agreement for the Amazon air cargo facility at the Sunport.

https://www.krqe.com/news/politics-g...argo-facility/



The Albuquerque Journal reports that the speculative warehouse currently under construction in the Meridian Business Park on the West Mesa has found a tenant.

https://www.abqjournal.com/2443563/m...ds-tenant.html

One of the largest speculative industrial projects in Albuquerque has found a tenant.

Transportation and logistics services firm Schenker Inc. will occupy 100% of an under-construction warehouse located at 7200 Bluewater NW, according to a news release from CBRE, which brokered the transaction.

Brecken Mallette and Jim Smith of the CBRE Albuquerque industrial team represented the tenant in the transaction as local brokers, according to the release.

The 150,000-square-foot property broke ground in July and is slated to be completed in the second quarter of 2022, the release said. The building features 32-foot clear height, dock and drive-in ramp access and concrete tilt-up construction on over 10 acres.

The Journal on Sunday also had a story about all the speculative industrial buildings that are planned or under construction in Albuquerque. It also looks at how labor shortages and supply chain issues driving up construction costs may negatively affect the effort to build more industrial space in the city. The developers of the 118th & Central Industrial Park say they may have to scale back their project due to the high costs.

https://www.abqjournal.com/2442289/a...-pipeline.html

For the first time in years, Albuquerque developers have started building industrial space on a large scale without having tenants lined up, which may mean relief is on the horizon for the city's notoriously tight industrial real estate market.

"It's finally been pushed over the edge ... in terms of getting developers to pull the trigger on projects without necessarily having leases in place," said Riley McKee, senior advisor for NAI SunVista in Albuquerque.

SunVista's most recent quarterly report on the industrial market, published in late October, shows the industrial vacancy rate has dropped lower than ever, to 1.39%, after years of decline.

However, the report also notes that four large projects, totaling around 500,000 square feet, are in various stages of construction, design and planning.
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Additional projects, totaling 665,000 square feet, have been proposed with no timeline yet, according to the report

McKee said the new developments in progress, which would nearly double the amount of industrial space available for lease, would be a welcome relief for bulk distributors and large manufacturers.

However, the builders venturing into the speculative market are facing challenges of their own, from labor shortages to high commodity prices, that threaten to delay or derail at least one of the long-awaited projects.

"We've got to figure it out," said Scott Goodman, vice president at Goodman Realty Group. "... Otherwise, no new industrial (space) will be built for a very long time."
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Even with projects in the pipeline, developers are finding it challenging to bring them to fruition. One of the largest planned developments, an approximately 400,000-square-foot complex being developed by the Goodman Realty Group, is likely to be scaled back, Goodman confirmed Wednesday.

Earlier this year, the company announced plans for a three-building industrial complex at the corner of Central Avenue and 118th Street, totaling 400,000 square feet. However, Goodman said the company is looking to "value engineer" aspects of the project, which could include shrinking the footprint of the building.

"We're trying to figure out how to make it work, because we need for it to work," he said.

Goodman cited the high cost of materials and the shortage of labor as reasons for the delay. He noted that concrete prices, which have soared this year due to supply chain challenges, and high construction demand, came back higher than expected.

Multiple brokers noted that contractors have been busy with build-to-suit projects for Amazon, Facebook and other large companies. Goodman said labor shortages are also a contributing factor, meaning that contractors have less capacity to take on new projects.

"They're just slammed with what they have," he said.

Here's another spec industrial project that was unveiled this past summer in August. It's a nearly 84,000 sq ft building in the south I-25 industrial area.

https://www.bizjournals.com/albuquer...-corridor.html

A new speculation building promises to add more than 80,000 square feet to the Albuquerque metro's scarce industrial space supply next year.

CBRE's Jim Smith and Brecken Mallette are the listing brokers for a planned 83,821-square-foot industrial space at 3750 Prince Street SE. The plan is to start construction by the middle of next month, once construction permits are secured. The goal is to be ready for tenant improvements by the end of the first quarter of 2022, barring any supply chain issues, said Smith, a first VP at CBRE.

Amenities will include 32-foot clear ceilings, dock doors, drive-in doors and a modern fire sprinkler system, according to a news release.

“Industrial demand during the first half of 2021 has been high, however with very little speculative construction, we don’t have many options for industrial users looking to enter the market,” Smith said in a statement. “This new state-of-the-art building will provide much-needed inventory for our clients interested in being a part of the economic growth in the Albuquerque market.”

[ABQalex]

Albuquerque Business First reported today about the construction of the Overture Andalucia project on the Westside.

https://www.bizjournals.com/albuquer...partments.html

The fences are up and the equipment is in use for new multifamily housing development on Albuquerque's westside.

Late last month, five building permit applications were filed with the city of Albuquerque for new construction phases at 5301 Antequera Road NW for the Overture Andalucia apartments. Those applications come months after permits were issued for multiple family buildings for the same address. The listed owner is CRP-GREP Overture Andalucia Owner LLC, according to the permits.

New Mexico Secretary of State filings show the entity is a Washington D.C.-based real estate investment firm.

Pavilion Construction is the general contractor for the project. Karl Smith, vice president of new construction for Pavilion, confirmed construction is underway and nearing the start of building vertically. Smith said he expects construction on the 155-unit Overture Andalucia to last until the first or second quarter of 2023.

The entire development will encompass more than 185,000 square feet, according to one of the permits for the project, and entails both apartments and townhomes.

Greystar Corp. will develop the project, Smith said. He added his firm was the general contractor for a similar project it did for Greystar, the Overture Albuquerque, at 6441 Palomas Ave NE near Paseo del Norte Boulevard NE and San Pedro Drive NE.

"I enjoyed the working relationship we had previously and look to continue that," Smith said.

Here's another pic of the construction site from Pavilion Construction on Facebook. As you can see in both construction pics, vertical construction and framing already is underway.


https://m.facebook.com/pavilionconst...0590943329083/

Here's the Overture Andalucia website with a few renderings of the project.

https://www.greystar.com/properties/...ture-andalucia







Here's an aerial pic of the first Overture-branded project in Albuquerque that was completed last year in the Far Northeast Heights.


https://m.facebook.com/OvertureAbq/p...4448458000667/

The Environmental Planning Commission at its meeting on October 21st approved the zone change allowing the 120-unit second phase of the Peaks by Markana apartment project to go forward. This is great that they saw how appropriate the project was and didn't give in to the ridiculous neighborhood opposition!

https://documents.cabq.gov/planning/...ndale%20ZC.pdf



At its meeting the EPC also approved a 39-lot subdivision utilizing part of the Hoffmantown Baptist Church property along Harper Road NE, which neighborhood groups in the area were also fighting, mainly due to traffic concerns.

https://documents.cabq.gov/planning/...ntown%20ZC.pdf

[ABQalex]

Here are pics of the completed Broadstone Nob Hill apartments. The first pic is from a real estate listing for the nearby The Carlisle condominiums showing the view east along Central Avenue towards the project. The second set of pics are from an apartment listing website, and the last set of pics are from Titan Development's website.

https://www.zillow.com/b/3600-centra...ue-nm-5vgdcL/#



https://www.apartmentfinder.com/New-...tments-cbcq9ye



































https://www.titan-development.com/un...stone-nob-hill

[ABQalex]

Titan Development has submitted its plans to the Development Review Board for its next multifamily project in Journal Center. The plans will go before the DRB at its meeting next week. The plans include three 4-story buildings with 201 total units. The project is slated to be built on an empty lot on the northwest quadrant of the intersection of Jefferson and Masthead NE. It's being called "Allaso JC6," but I imagine that's just a placeholder name to differentiate it from the Allaso Journal Center project. Below are renderings, a site plan and more from the DRB's files.

https://documents.cabq.gov/planning/...0final%202.pdf

[ABQalex]

The poster who revealed the initial renderings of the Netflix Albuquerque Studios expansion on Instagram a few weeks back has now also posted an update about the Elevate @ Lomas + Third project. He says that to his surprise the project is still on track.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CV04T8evNVv/



On his Twitter account, where he also posted about the project, he says in a reply to his post that construction is slated to begin sometime next year.

https://mobile.twitter.com/claystorm...89448408137731



I've been trying to find where he may have gleaned this information. He apparently scours the local board and commission agendas and files like I do for this information. But I haven't been able to find where the project may be working its way through for approval.

The last action I know about was last October when it was before the Zoning Hearing Examiner for variances that it was seeking to some of the zoning rules in place. It ultimately was granted approval for those variances, which had to do with percentage of its facade dedicated to windows, minimum setback height allowances and bicycle parking.

http://documents.cabq.gov/planning/z...on%20Sheet.pdf



In his posts he had an updated rendering of the courtyard for the 1st phase structure that I had never seen before. It shows the pool that was added to the project. I Google-searched the image and was able to find the original, uncropped version of the image on FBT Architects' website. There's also a couple of other renderings showing elements of the updated project design.

https://fbtarch.com/places/on-the-bo...at-lomasthird/







Looking around on its site I found that FBT Architects also has these renderings that I'd never seen before of the UNM Hospital expansion at its eventual full buildout with 12 floors.

https://fbtarch.com/places/on-the-bo...als-new-tower/









It looks like it may even be 13 floors, with one partially underground due to the slope of the site. Although, it could be a double-height floor or step-down emergency room/entrance area on the west side of the structure.

Either way, I think it's going to end up fairly impressive-looking and is pretty much the same structure with angled wings that was proposed for the replacement hospital on I-25 at Lomas, which did have 13 fully above-ground floors.

https://fbtarch.com/places/healthcar...elopment-plan/









The only difference with the final scheme is that it doesn't have the accompanying 6-story physicians office structure. However, the expansion structure has the sky bridges and new parking structure that add to its oomph and impressiveness, IMO. Definitely an exciting project! Below is the most recent snapshot from the construction cam for the UNM Hospital expansion project.



Presbyterian Hospital's new parking structure that's part of its expansion has been completed. It opened to the public at the beginning of the month. Presbyterian posted the pic and video below of the completed structure on its Twitter account. I've also posted a couple of screenshots from the video to accompany the video link.

https://mobile.twitter.com/PresHealt...40668698861568



https://mobile.twitter.com/PresHealt...25045241307138





Eventually there will be a mixed-use liner building constructed on the north side of the parking structure facing Central Avenue. Below is the visualization for the project which Presbyterian included when seeking approval for its expansion. It's envisioned to have ground-floor commercial space and medical offices on the upper floors.



KOB-TV last week had a piece about the Netflix expansion which included a look at the new color renderings that were recently submitted to the Development Review Board for the project. They give a better idea of how the project will end up looking like.

https://www.kob.com/albuquerque-news...tages/6291722/



Here are each of the renderings from the DRB files, including the larger office building for the north project, which wasn't part of the KOB story. The north project also has a mill building which will be an exact replica of the one depicted in the east submittal, but which I thought would be redundant to post.

http://data.cabq.gov/government/plan...Elevations.pdf

http://data.cabq.gov/government/plan...ons%20EAST.pdf

[ABQalex]

Kirtland Air Force Base has released its biannual economic impact statement. It says it accounts for about ten percent of the metro economy or about $4.6 billion. That number includes Sandia National Laboratories, which is located on base. In the Journal's coverage below it's stated that the Base employs over 23,000 people and has added 400 jobs recently, with plans to add another 2,000 jobs in coming years.

https://www.abqjournal.com/2444378/k...a-economy.html

Kirtland Air Force Base accounted for about 10% of the greater Albuquerque metro area’s entire economy in the 2020 fiscal year, base commander Col. Jason Vattioni announced Monday.

Vattioni revealed the base’s 2020 Economic Impact Statement, which is done biennially, during the Kirtland Partnership Committee’s annual breakfast on Monday morning.

All told, KAFB contributed about $4.6 billion to the local economy in the 2020 fiscal year, which was from Oct. 1, 2019 through Sep. 30, 2020. That marked a slight increase from $4.5 billion in the 2018 fiscal year.

More than 23,000 work on KAFB and the base’s annual payroll is about $2.3 billion, according to the economic analysis. Of those employees, about 3,500 are military. So the vast majority of people who work on base are civilians.

The Department of Energy and Sandia National Laboratories account for about 12,700 of those employees and about $1.4 billion in payroll.

“The presence of Kirtland and the professionals employed on the base have a big influence on the Albuquerque metro area,” Vattioni said. “These employees buy homes, pay taxes, and support local businesses, generating billions of dollars in local economic impact.”

Vattioni said that the KAFB workforce grew by about 400 employees in the last two years. There are plans to add about 2,000 jobs in the coming years.

Kirtland —the fifth-largest Air Force Base in the country — accounts for about 13% of jobs in the Albuquerque area.

KAFB also reported about $960 million in local expenditures in the 2020 fiscal year. The impact statement also said that the base entered into $287 million in contracts with businesses owned by women, minorities or veterans.

The total economic footprint of KAFB is about $7.4 billion nationally, so more than half of that impact is felt locally, Vattioni said.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirtland_Air_Force_Base

[ABQalex]

Gallan95 over at SSC who first pointed out what looked to be the beginnings of a tower crane at the UNM Hospital expansion site a few weeks back has now also shared a link to a recent FAA approval for two tower cranes at the site. The cranes will be 299 feet and 257 feet tall and have been authorized to stand for 18 months from November 5th this year to May 5th in 2023.

Below is the link and screenshot of the authorization that was posted over at SSC by gallan95 this evening.

https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external...99647419&row=0



This is really awesome to see, not one but two tower cranes, and at heights similar to both Albuquerque Plaza buildings, they'll really make a statement on the skyline while they are up!

With those heights it makes me wonder if the hospital tower is going to be built to its full height all at once. UNM Hospital has certainly been giving out seemingly contradictory timelines and details for the construction so far. Perhaps the new tower isn't going to be built to 7 stories initially with the additional ones to follow at some point in the future like they've stated. It would be so awesome to see it all built at once!

[ABQalex]

The first tower crane at the UNM Hospital expansion construction site is going up. It began to rise yesterday. Below are two images from the construction cam, one taken early last evening and the most current one taken just now.

[ABQalex]

The second tower crane has gone up at the UNM Hospital construction site. It's located at the west end of the site along Yale Boulevard just north of Lomas. UNM Hospital announced road closures in the area this weekend that are in effect until Monday morning for the construction.

https://www.krqe.com/traffic-roads/r...-construction/

https://unmhealth.org/road-closures.html

[ABQalex]

Here are a couple of pictures of the tower cranes at UNM Hospital. They were posted to the Albuquerque Memories Facebook page recently.

https://m.facebook.com/groups/755142...3833578028918/



https://m.facebook.com/groups/755142...0755267336749/



A snap from the construction cam this afternoon.



Here are a few pics from a poster on Instagram showing the construction up close. They are from the beginning of the month before the tower cranes went up.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CVyKdenJSb9/

[ABQalex]

The city on Tuesday broke ground on the 1st phase of the Rail Trail project, which is the new at-grade crossing at Marquette Avenue. It's expected to be completed in the spring.

https://www.krqe.com/news/albuquerqu...rail-crossing/

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Here's a pic of the old Marquette Avenue crossing of the tracks in 1969 from the Albuquerque Museum's online photo files. City Hall is in the background further west on Marquette. The pic was taken just before the twin overpasses for Tijeras and Marquette began construction, which replaced this at-grade crossing. The project left just stubs of Marquette around 1st Street west of the tracks and dead-ended Marquette on the east side of the tracks.

[ABQalex]

Downtown Albuquerque News posted this construction pic of the Palladium Townhomes yesterday morning.

https://downtownalbuquerquenews.com/



Here's a better version of the rendering of the Palladium Townhomes than what I previously posted in this thread. It's from Homewise on Facebook.

https://m.facebook.com/HomewiseNM/ph...8734664693323/



Here are a couple of construction pics of the Allaso Journal Center apartments from its new listing on an apartment website.

https://www.apartments.com/allaso-jo...ue-nm/yjbqdev/





Here's a rendering of the finished project from a similar perspective as the construction Pic above for comparison. It's from the project page on Titan Development's website.

https://www.titan-development.com/pr...journal-center



The 93-unit apartment project at Alameda and Barstow NE that has been facing intense neighborhood opposition, including a filing against it in state district court after the city approved it last year, is scheduled to go before the DRB in a special meeting next month.

http://data.cabq.gov/government/plan...pplemental.pdf



This new hearing comes after the judge ruled that the city needed to conduct a more proper hearing for the project. The judge made no ruling on the propriety of the project, yet that's what the NIMBYs would have you believe. Hopefully the city officials will remain strong in allowing the project to go forward!

[ABQalex]

The city has officially pulled the plug on the Orion Center project due to the litigation the company is involved in with its lenders. They say they are "now looking at new potential development opportunities for that parcel of land." The link below has an embedded file of the lawsuit filed against the company by its lender seeking back the more than $200 million in funding it provided for the venture.

https://www.krqe.com/news/business/a...ant-1000-jobs/

[ABQalex]

Some pics of the Presbyterian Hospital expansion from Chavez Concrete on Instagram. The construction is now up to the 11th floor.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CXPfRMrvczk/







Here's a pic of the UNM Hospital construction site posted today as a story on Instagram by one of the architects working on the project.

https://www.instagram.com/tones_arch/



The latest two videos of the Project Charli construction site in Los Lunas. Foundation work is being done, as well as the pouring of the concrete tilt-up walls. From the openings in the wall panels, it looks like the project will be mostly one level, but perhaps with mezzanines.

11-20-21

https://vimeopro.com/dronebros/const...ideo/648687069



12-03-21

https://vimeopro.com/dronebros/const...ideo/653691354