About 11,000 people head to work in Uptown every day, but only about 100 can afford to live there. That imbalance has lingered for decades.
On Thursday, Sept. 25, Mayor Tim Keller said the city will finally move forward with Uptown Connect, a $120 million project that has been stalled for 27 years. The development will add 239 apartments on land the city bought nearly three decades ago with the goal of building housing close to jobs.
“Our team was shocked when we learned that around 10,000 people commute to Uptown daily but only about 100 people can afford to live there,” said Lawrence Klein, an ABQ RIDE planner who has worked on the project for 13 years…