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