Plans are entering a new phase for a gated subdivision project that will go up in Albuquerque’s South Valley at the southeast corner of Bridge Boulevard SW and 86th Street SW, some seven miles to the southwest of downtown Albuquerque.
As proposed, the project, which has been in the planning stage for around six months, will see the building of 19 duplexes on currently vacant land. The planned homes will be two stories, with two-car garages on the ground level, three bedrooms on the top floor, and private backyards.
According to information provided to the City of Albuquerque by the Mesa-based Evolution Planning & Design, the development will additionally feature a “common space area for residents, including sitting and play areas, as well adequate open space to manage project drainage.”
The project has taken a significant step forward with the approval of the Albuquerque Environmental Planning Commission, after a staff report said it could “foster a community where residents can live, work, learn, and shop by facilitating a duplex development on a site that is adjacent to residential land uses on both sides.”
To be built on just under 5 acres, the project will see the building of two-family detached dwellings on 38 lots, and is being spearheaded by the company Gallo Partners LLC, whose offices are based in Phoenix.
While introducing two-story structures in a part of the city not known for such buildings, the project, according to city documents, will also see landscaping that includes “a variety of trees, shrubs, and accent plants,” along with a fully automated irrigation system.
The larger area in which the community will be developed is a mixture of modern housing and open space, adjacent to the Crescent Ridge Apartment Homes at 8200 Bridge Boulevard SW.
The new project comes as the South Valley, one of the oldest agricultural enclaves in metro Albuquerque, has seen a population decline from 42,300 a decade ago to just over 37,000 today.
November 5, 2024
By Garry Boulard
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