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i think they should work on filling mesa del sol first.
I think they are different owners... The "New Planned Community", "Santolina community" is the land from the former SunCal’s Westland Development Co. after their 2010 foreclosure.
I think they are different owners... The "New Planned Community", "Santolina community" is the land from the former SunCal’s Westland Development Co. after their 2010 foreclosure.
"They" probably didn't mean the same developer, as the previous poster used it.
It's very hard to control where growth happens outside of really draconian ways.
The momentum in the metro area has always been north rather than south, but with those northerly areas pretty close to being built out a new area is just begging to become the favored quarter for growth and I think the area along I-40 west is going to be it.
You can already see this happening with the very rapid growth of the new housing developments abutting the southern end of the Petroglyph National Monument and also the new APS stadium being located along this corridor.
The Southwest Mesa has seen rapid growth but it's never been the area to buy into for the mainstream, 'respectable' populations, like the far northwest part of the city, and so therefore has never been the favored quarter and shows it with its lack of amenities like those found further north on the Westside around Cottonwood Mall, etc.
However, the area along I-40 west is far enough away from the Southwest Mesa to escape the stigma and that is why it is seen as an acceptable alternative to the areas of the city that have been perceived as the good areas for so long but which are nearing the end of their capacity for growth.
Because of that I do believe it will be the new, favored area for growth going forward in Albuquerque.
This Santolina development can probably capitalize a bit on having frontage on I-40 west on its north and also as being a natural extension of the Southwest Mesa on its south.
Because of those two things it will probably win out over Mesa del Sol in terms of having rapid growth.
I see Mesa del Sol as being slow-going for quite a while. For sure it will see things developed there, but not at breakneck speed like in the '50s and '60s in the Heights or the '90s and '00s in the far northwest part of the city.
It will be different than Rio Rancho. It will only be 14,000 acres vs Rio Rancho's 65,920 acres, more people 100,000 crammed into less space... Santolina will be more than promised in Mesa Del Sol!
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New West side Community proposed.
