New Projects Proposed for Albuquerque’s Popular Sawmill District

Plans are in the works for the development and building of two new hotels as well as an apartment building that will go up inside Albuquerque’s Sawmill District.

That district, formerly the site of the American Lumber Company and, beginning in 1958, home to the Frank Paxton Lumber Company, saw the beginning of a restoration in 2019, transforming the larger neighborhood into a walkable, urban marketplace.

Centerpiece of the district has always been The Market, an airy, transformed space with nearly 30 merchants, including a brew operation and dining and play space.

Now a presentation has been made to the Bernalillo County Commission detailing plans for a 115-room boutique hotel, as well as a 101-room extended hotel. An additional part of the presentation has detailed the building of an apartment complex with 138 units, measuring some six stories.

Businessman Jim Long, the developer and inspiration behind the original redevelopment of the sawmill district and market, is seeking just under $39 million in Local Economic Development Act grant funding for the project.

Additional funding may also be secured through Bernalillo Country industrial revenue bonds. The county previously gave the green light to industrial revenue bonds for the development of the Hotel Chaco and other development work at the district.

Members of the Bernalillo County Commission are expected to take up the funding requests for the Sawmill projects at their next meeting on December 13.

​By Garry Boulard

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