![]() Two Reserve Officers' Training Corps building on the main Albuquerque campus of the University of New Mexico are expected to be demolished this summer. The Army ROTC Building, numbered 175 on campus at 1832 Lomas Boulevard, was constructed in 1931; while the Army ROTC Annex, also in the 1800 block of Lomas and numbered 175A, is around 20 years old. The fate of the two buildings was foreordained after the university earlier this year inaugurated a new nearly $11 million, 20,600-square-foot ROTC Education Complex that houses all of the services provided by the earlier structures. In addition, a building assessment report completed some six years ago determined that any move to renovate and upgrade the existing structures would not be cost-effective. A third structure, the Aerospace Studies Building, number 159, is also destined for the wrecker's ball. That building, at 1901 Las Lomas Road, was built in 1940. UNM officials say that there are no immediate plans to build anything new at the site of the three structures, with the soon-to-be vacant properties managed by the school's Real Estate Department. The long-standing ROTC program at UNM is designed to provide leadership training for students for future Army, Air Force, and Navy commissioned officers. The larger national program was launched as part of the National Defense Act of 1916. By Garry Boulard
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