Plans and historical records for designated Metropolitan Redevelopment Areas, where the City uses public investment and redevelopment tools to support housing, infrastructure, business activity, and neighborhood revitalization.
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City Metropolitan Redevelopment Areas
Maintains the City’s current index of designated areas, maps, plans, goals, and redevelopment information. The archived plans below preserve records that may be amended, renamed, consolidated, or removed from the live collection.
Current Downtown Plan#
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Downtown 2050 Metropolitan Redevelopment Area Plan (2025 archived PDF)
Sets the current 25-year framework for Downtown housing, transportation, economic development, public spaces, cultural identity, land use, public investment, redevelopment incentives, implementation, and the expanded metropolitan redevelopment area.
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2025 Downtown Albuquerque Parking Study (EC-26-175 archived PDF)
Establishes Downtown 2050’s parking implementation strategy, inventorying 21,000-plus spaces, analyzing occupancy and future demand, and recommending demand-based pricing, shared and underused parking, parking benefit districts, multimodal travel, safer walking, wayfinding, and redevelopment of surface lots.
Current Menaul and University Records#
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Menaul Metropolitan Redevelopment Area Plan (2023 archived PDF)
The adopted plan sets redevelopment goals, opportunity-area strategies, land-use and circulation actions, business and housing priorities, public investments, and implementation steps for the Menaul area north of I-40. Official R-22-92 matter record
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R-22-92: Menaul Metropolitan Redevelopment Area Plan Approval Resolution (2023 archived PDF)
The signed resolution approves the Menaul MRA Plan and incorporates it into the City Code of Resolutions after public meetings, commission recommendation, and a public hearing. Official R-22-92 matter record · Official enacted attachment
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Menaul Redevelopment Study and Recommendations (2021 archived PDF)
Preserves the City Council draft adopted as policy in 2021, covering Menaul land use, zoning, property conditions, market analysis, community input, and redevelopment recommendations. It is the precursor to the adopted 2023 MRA plan. Official R-21-207 matter record
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R-21-207: Menaul Redevelopment Study Adoption Resolution (2021 archived PDF)
The signed resolution makes the study current City policy and identifies Council set-asides, the capital-improvement program, and State capital outlay as implementation funding. Official R-21-207 matter record · Official enacted attachment
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University MRA Designation Report (2022 archived PDF)
Documents the existing conditions, boundary and eligibility findings, market conditions, community context, and redevelopment needs used to establish the University Metropolitan Redevelopment Area before its later plan. Official R-22-38 matter record
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R-22-38: University Metropolitan Redevelopment Area Designation Resolution (2022 archived PDF)
The signed resolution designates the University MRA and authorizes preparation of its redevelopment plan after finding statutory blight conditions along Central and Yale. Official R-22-38 matter record · Official enacted attachment
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Menaul MRA Zoning Map Amendment (O-2025-033 archived PDF)
Enacts MX-M zoning for approximately 29 acres in the Menaul MRA, implementing the plan’s mixed-use and multifamily-development recommendation. Official O-25-100 matter record · Zoning & IDO placement
Historical Capital Programming#
The 2011 published program record compares the Planning editions, including the change from the $6.55 million initial scope to the $3 million published scope and their different redevelopment-project mixes. The original topical scopes below remain available. Neither source chronology nor these planning allocations establishes final approval or actual expenditure.
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2011 Planning General Obligation Bond Project Scopes (Archived PDF)
Details 2011 Planning Department bond scopes for studying, designing, and constructing improvements, including electronic plan review, geographic information systems, permitting technology, and redevelopment support. Full 2011 published-scope record · Official City PDF
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Metropolitan Redevelopment Fund Capital Plan, 2006–2010 (Archived PDF)
Allocates projected redevelopment spending among East Downtown, Near Heights, Highland Central, West Central, Old Albuquerque High, Sunport West, Fourth Street, new projects, property management, and general-fund activities. Full 2007–2016 capital-program record
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2007–2016 Planning Department Capital Program Summary (Archived PDF)
Schedules the Bicycle Park, metropolitan redevelopment areas, Fourth Street, geographic information systems, KIVA, sector-plan improvements, village-center work, and other Planning Department capital investments. Full 2007–2016 capital-program record
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2011–2019 Planning General Obligation Bond Schedule (Archived PDF)
Schedules $33.01 million for planning, electronic review, geographic information systems, KIVA, metropolitan redevelopment areas, and neighborhood revitalization. Full 2011–2019 capital-program record
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2011 Planning General Obligation Bond Project Scope (Archived PDF)
Defines $3 million in 2011 Planning bond projects for community planning, electronic plan review, GIS and KIVA systems, North Fourth Street, DeAnza, Clayton Heights, East Gateway, and New York redevelopment areas. Full October 2010 capital-program record · Official City PDF
Historical and Retained Area Plans#
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Barelas Neighborhood Commercial Area Revitalization Plan (Archived PDF)
Preserves the one-hundred-fifty-page Barelas neighborhood commercial area revitalization plan, documenting existing conditions, redevelopment strategy, land use, design direction, and implementation actions for the metropolitan redevelopment area.
Related record: Barelas Sector Development Plan (adopted April 2008), a distinct neighborhood land-use and design plan.
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South Broadway Sector Development Plan (Archived PDF)
Preserves the one-hundred-fourteen-page South Broadway sector development plan as adopted and amended, covering land use, zoning, urban design, transportation, housing, and redevelopment policy for the South Broadway area.
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Historic Central Metropolitan Redevelopment Area Plan (2013 Archived PDF)
Guides reinvestment along Central Avenue between Laguna Drive and Sunset Road, pairing catalyst-site redevelopment with streetscape, pedestrian, bicycle, transit, wayfinding, facade-improvement, financing, and Route 66 identity strategies around El Vado and Old Town.
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Sycamore Metropolitan Redevelopment Plan (1985 Final Draft Archived PDF)
Preserves the Sycamore final-draft framework for mixed-use, hospital-campus, Central Avenue, Roosevelt-Parkside, transition-area, circulation, and redevelopment activities, including objectives for stronger pedestrian, transit, and bicycle connections and compatible infill.
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Soldiers & Sailors Park Metropolitan Redevelopment Area Plan (1985 Draft Archived PDF)
Preserves the 1985 draft for West Central between Tenth Street and Laguna Boulevard, addressing historic resources, mixed-use and housing redevelopment, parking, circulation, public improvements, financing tools, and the planned Fourteenth-and-Central gateway.
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Downtown 2025 Metropolitan Redevelopment Plan (2004; retained 2017; superseded 2025 archived PDF)
Preserves the predecessor to Downtown 2050, documenting two decades of downtown land-use, transportation, urban-design, housing, economic-development, public-space, implementation, boundary, and adoption policy for historical comparison.
Current official Downtown redevelopment-area page · Historical official City PDF
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East Gateway Metropolitan Redevelopment Area Plan (2014 archived PDF)
Guides revitalization of Albuquerque’s eastern Central Avenue gateway through public improvements, housing, business support, streetscape, transportation, safety, community identity, redevelopment tools, funding criteria, and implementation priorities.
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Old Albuquerque High School Metropolitan Redevelopment Plan (1984)
Documents the redevelopment framework for the former Albuquerque High School property, coordinating historic preservation, renovation, public improvements, private investment, and reuse of a prominent Huning Highland landmark.
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Central/Highland/Upper Nob Hill Metropolitan Redevelopment Plan (2005)
Guides reinvestment along Central Avenue through business revitalization, housing, higher-density mixed use, pedestrian improvements, neighborhood stabilization, and coordinated public and private development in the Near Heights.
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Clayton Heights Metropolitan Redevelopment Area Plan (2010)
Establishes a redevelopment strategy for the Clayton Heights gateway neighborhood, addressing land use, housing, infrastructure, streets, economic conditions, opportunity sites, community priorities, and implementation tools.
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Coronado Metropolitan Redevelopment Area Plan (2016)
Plans environmental remediation, public-right-of-way improvements, and mixed-use redevelopment of the former industrial property, supporting new housing, jobs, retail, entertainment, connectivity, safety, drainage, and a northern gateway identity.
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Coronado Metropolitan Redevelopment Area Enacted Plan Packet (2016 Archived PDF)
Preserves the complete enacted Coronado MRA packet, combining the redevelopment plan with designation and adoption resolutions R-16-93 and R-16-94, findings of blight, boundaries, public actions, remediation needs, infrastructure recommendations, and financing tools.
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Del Rey Metropolitan Redevelopment Project Plan (2006)
Records the negotiated redevelopment plan for the Del Rey area, including project boundaries, housing and land-development conditions, resident coordination, public actions, statutory findings, and implementation responsibilities.
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Los Candelarias Village Center and Metropolitan Redevelopment Plan (2001)
Coordinates land use, transportation, pedestrian improvements, building design, drainage, cultural identity, economic revitalization, and implementation for a village center around Twelfth Street and Candelaria Road in the North Valley.
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Preserves the former McClellan Park redevelopment framework, its downtown employment and residential-transition goals, boundary and project amendments, adoption record, and later consolidation into the Downtown redevelopment area.
Current official Downtown redevelopment-area page · Historical official City PDF
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Near Heights Metropolitan Redevelopment Area Plan (2000 archived PDF)
Preserves the original Near Heights redevelopment strategy for commercial corridors, small businesses, jobs, neighborhood stabilization, affordable housing, public improvements, community identity, and investment around Central and nearby districts.
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Near Heights Metropolitan Redevelopment Area Expansion Plan (2010 archived PDF)
Extends the Near Heights redevelopment strategy into the Eastern-Alvarado area, addressing commercial revitalization, neighborhood stability, housing, jobs, multicultural identity, public improvements, tax-increment financing, and implementation tools.
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North Corridor Metropolitan Redevelopment Plan (2020)
Sets revitalization strategies for Albuquerque’s North Corridor along Second and Fourth Streets, addressing catalytic sites, infrastructure, trails, transportation, housing, business support, public safety, cultural identity, and redevelopment tools.
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North Fourth Street Metropolitan Redevelopment Plan (2010; retained 2017 archived PDF)
Preserves the retained redevelopment framework for North Fourth Street, covering corridor identity, land use, transportation, business development, neighborhoods, public investment, implementation, and the plan’s transition from sector-plan regulations.
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Railroad Metropolitan Redevelopment Plan (1986)
Preserves Albuquerque’s 1986 redevelopment framework for the Railroad area, documenting blight findings, property boundaries, acquisition and disposition authority, public improvements, financing, relocation obligations, and implementation provisions.
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Sawmill/Wells Park Community Metropolitan Redevelopment Area Plan (2005 archived PDF)
Sets community-led redevelopment priorities for mixed-income housing, walkability, cultural diversity, education, local business, wealth building, transportation, land use, public investment, and implementation in Sawmill and Wells Park.
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South Broadway Neighborhoods Metropolitan Redevelopment Plan (1986; Updated Through 2018)
Preserves the long-running South Broadway redevelopment framework, including neighborhood conditions, housing, commercial corridors, industry, community facilities, transportation, historic character, public improvements, adopted amendments, and implementation history.
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South Barelas Industrial Park Metropolitan Redevelopment Plan (1992)
Promotes environmentally compatible industrial growth beside Barelas, covering business expansion, vacant-land development, City property disposition, industrial-park image, local hiring, code enforcement, transportation access, and infrastructure improvements.
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St. Joseph Hospital Metropolitan Redevelopment Plan (1979; Updated Through 2018)
Preserves the redevelopment record for the former St. Joseph Hospital and Civic Auditorium area, including renovation projects, later development areas, amendments, and the 2017 transition from sector plan to retained MRA plan.
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Tingley Beach Metropolitan Redevelopment Area Designation Resolution R-305 (1983 Archived PDF)
Designates the Tingley Beach Metropolitan Redevelopment Area, records findings concerning the former Beach Motel property along Central Avenue, maps the area, and directs preparation of the redevelopment plan adopted later in 1983.
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Preserves the amended City Council adoption resolution, Metropolitan Redevelopment Commission approval, and attached Project I plan for Tingley Beach, documenting public findings, private redevelopment, displacement, financing, public actions, and statutory approval history.
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Tingley Beach Metropolitan Redevelopment Area Project I Plan (1983)
Preserves the 1983 Project I redevelopment plan for the beach property at West Central Avenue and the Rio Grande, documenting the statutory framework, site conditions, public actions, and proposed reuse.
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West Central Metropolitan Redevelopment Area Plan (2004)
Guides revitalization along West Central through economic development, streetscape and appearance improvements, opportunity-site design, industrial employment, neighborhood retail, mixed-use development, housing, and connections to the Rio Grande Bosque.