{"id":776,"date":"2019-08-13T01:47:42","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T01:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wheelsmuseum.org\/?p=776"},"modified":"2019-08-13T01:47:42","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T01:47:42","slug":"consultant-offers-3-rail-yards-redevelopment-scenarios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wheelsmuseum.org\/?p=776","title":{"rendered":"Consultant offers 3 Rail Yards redevelopment scenarios"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
By Jessica Dyer \/ Journal Staff Writer<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Tuesday, July 9th, 2019<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. \u2014 Leland Consulting Group\u2019s most recent draft report to the city of Albuquerque says the ideal Rail Yards redevelopment strategy will include a mix of uses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It provides three different development scenarios of varying levels of density, but notes that redevelopment will occur over many years, making it impossible to predict the exact mix that would work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All scenarios call for \u201cadaptive reuse\u201d of buildings on the property\u2019s north side, which the report calls the Rail Yards\u2019 \u201cfront door.\u201d Proposed uses include Central New Mexico Community College\u2019s film center, the existing Rail Yards Market, and new retail, restaurant and commercial tenants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chicago artist Theaster Gates recently kickstarted an effort to redevelop one of those northern buildings \u2013 the fire station \u2013 by pledging $11,000 of his own money and helping raise another $14,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt could be a calling card to the rest of the complex,\u201d he said during a late-June presentation in Albuquerque.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leland recommends 10,000 to 20,000 square feet of retail space in the Rail Yards over the next decade, and a focus on food and beverage tenants, vendors related to film or rail travel, existing area businesses looking to expand or \u201csmall, local vendors that build on the Rail Yards\u2019 unique, historic and gritty character.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leland suggests using large existing buildings near the Rail Yards\u2019 center \u2013 the Boiler Shop and the Machine Shop, which alone has nearly 4 acres of enclosed floor space \u2013 for things that would require less renovation, such as concerts, festivals and other special events; film productions; or sports, like soccer or pickleball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But two of its scenarios suggest eventually constructing buildings within those buildings to create 110,000 to 200,000 square feet of employment space. Leland also says that is more space than likely needed over the next decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are numerous benefits to this approach,\u201d the report says of keeping the large spaces intact. \u201cIt retains large \u2018atrium\u2019 areas for public visitation, events, etc. It manages the capital and operating costs, and energy required for space conditioning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report\u2019s various scenarios also include 65 to 160 mixed-income housing units near the Rail Yards\u2019 southern end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Albuquerque officials cautioned last week that Leland\u2019s draft report is \u201cstill very preliminary.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGathering input from the Rail Yards Advisory Board and the public is part of the scope of the contractor\u2019s work,\u201d Albuquerque\u2019s Chief Operations Officer Lawrence Rael said in a statement. \u201cThe recommendations will not be finalized without public input. However, even this preliminary information is important for the City to have as we consider the development of the Rail Yards.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Jessica Dyer \/ Journal Staff Writer Tuesday, July 9th, 2019 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. \u2014 Leland Consulting Group\u2019s most recent draft report to the city of Albuquerque says the ideal Rail Yards redevelopment strategy will include a mix of uses. It provides three different development scenarios of varying levels of density, but notes that redevelopment will…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheelsmuseum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheelsmuseum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheelsmuseum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheelsmuseum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheelsmuseum.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=776"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wheelsmuseum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777,"href":"https:\/\/wheelsmuseum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776\/revisions\/777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheelsmuseum.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheelsmuseum.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheelsmuseum.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}