Santa Fe REALTORS® Help Bring New Life – and Housing – to “Tired” Commercial Area

Thanks to a Smart Growth Grant from NAR, the Santa Fe Association of REALTORS^® (SFAR) is boosting the re-development of a dated and underutilized commercial corridor.  Santa Fe REALTORS^® could see potential in the mile-and-a-quarter stretch anchored by the Santa Fe University of Art and Design at one end and a hospital at the other end and decided to do something about bringing it to life. SFAR commissioned a Housing Advocacy Study that proposes a vibrant new design for the area — including up to one thousand housing units.  In February 2012, the Santa Fe City Council embraced the plan by passing a resolution that keeps the redevelopment project moving forward.

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