KRQE last night had a story about the city's Metropolitan Redevelopment Agency's main goals for the current fiscal year. They include the Rail Trail, several Rail Yards buildings and the north entrance projects, the commercial portion of Nuevo Atrisco, and the temporary usage of the development pad at the De Anza as a public plaza and marketplace utilizing shipping containers.
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The story on their website links to a PDF file of the MRA's report on its impact over the last 20 years. It's a really cool read! It includes lots of information on various projects the agency has been involved in over the last couple of decades. Most are in Downtown or along Central Avenue, but they also include quite a few in the Sawmill Area and elsewhere in the city.
Below is a graphic from the report showing various projects in the downtown area. It's interesting to note the projects labeled as being in pre-development:
Most of the projects are known, but there are intriguing ones in Barelas across from the Rail Yards, at Springer Square, and at the Fusion Theater, that I'd like to know more about. It's also interesting that the final two phases of the Elements Townhomes and First Plaza are labeled this way. I've wondered if the Elements Townhomes would ever be finished, especially now in this hot housing market in the city. And I also wonder if First Plaza is still looking to do its complete revamp with hotel and residential uses being added even though the TaskUs project stalled.
Below is a rendering of a fully renovated and re-imagined First Plaza that was on display during the TaskUs announcement in 2018. TaskUs late last year put its plans to bring 700 jobs to Downtown Albuquerque on hold indefinitely.
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