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Council approves Midtown plan updates, clears ENAs for arts center and innovation hub
Summary
The council approved targeted changes to the Midtown master plan to loosen some façade and use restrictions, and approved exclusive negotiation agreements for two Midtown proposals: a Blue Mesa Center for the Arts (artist live/work units and studios) and a New Mexico Innovation Hub (light-industry, commercial and rental housing). The approvals start negotiated development and disposition agreements and require subsequent neighborhood and land‑use reviews.
Metropolitan Redevelopment Agency staff and the planning division asked the council to approve amendments to the Midtown master plan and to authorize exclusive negotiation agreements (ENAs) that move two development proposals into a formal negotiation phase.
Carly Vendetti of the MRA said the proposed changes refine façade-zone language, update permitted-use tables, clarify signage and wayfinding standards, and raise a building-height maximum in places to five stories to match other sections of code. She said the refinements respond to post‑COVID market realities and are intended to facilitate…
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