ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A future apartment complex just got the green light for redevelopment at the towers on San Mateo Boulevard and Central Ave., which is a big step in the city’s ongoing effort to address housing shortages.
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The building permit was approved for 110 new apartments in one of the long-vacant office towers on Central and San Mateo. 41 of which will be affordable housing. The complex will be called Serenade at Park Central.
“This is huge,” Metropolitan Redevelopment Agency Director Terry Brunner said. “This is the redevelopment of two vacant properties, two high rises that everybody is real familiar with. They’re gonna start with the smaller of the two and will provide housing options for people in that part of Albuquerque.”…