Plans are underway to redevelop and upgrade a longstanding shopping center in Los Alamos.
Located at the intersection of Trinity Drive and 7th Street, the Mari Mac Village Shopping Center has long been a regional favorite, anchored for years by a Smith’s grocery store.
Now the Los Alamos-based Columbus Capital company wants to repurpose the former grocery store, which measures around 58,000 square feet, with a portion of that space towards the rear given over to self-storage. The rest of the building, towards the front, will house office and retail space.
Plans for the project have been submitted to the Los Alamos County Community Development Department, with a request on the part of Columbus Capital for a special use permit for the self-storage facility to be weighed later this month by the county’s Planning & Zoning Commission.
Columbus Capital, which has conducted several public input meetings on its plans, also wants to eventually build housing at the site.
That housing, according to published sources, could include up to 400 apartment units.
The shopping center was initially opened in early 1978, featuring at the time a 102,000 square foot Safeway Supermarket.
By Garry Boulard
