ABQ Uptown
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{{Infobox shopping mall
| name = ABQ Uptown Shopping Center
| image = ABQ Uptown corner.jpg
| image_width = 250
| caption = Southwest Corner
| location = Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
| opening_date = November 2006
| closing_date =
| developer = Hunt Development Group
| manager = Simon Property Group
| owner = Simon Property Group
| architect = Dekker/Perich/Sabatini
| number_of_stores = 51
| number_of_anchors = 3
| floor_area = {{convert|230026|sqft|m2}}
| floors = 2 (Toni and Guy and The Melting Pot) 1 (other stores)
| parking = 750 spaces
| website = {{URL|simon.com/mall/abq-uptown}}
}}
ABQ Uptown is an outdoor shopping mall owned by Simon Property Group in Albuquerque, New Mexico, one of four malls located in the Albuquerque area .{{Cite web|url=http://www.simon.com/mall/abq-uptown/stores|title = Store Directory for ABQ Uptown - A Shopping Center in Albuquerque, NM - A Simon Property}} Anchor tenants include J.Crew, The North Face, and Lush, as well as the only Apple Store in New Mexico. The outdoor environment of this mall includes music, lights and seasonal decorations.
Background
ABQ Uptown opened in 2006 as an open air "lifestyle center". It was developed by Hunt Development Group and designed by Dekker/Perich/Sabatini.{{cite news | url= http://nreionline.com/finance/news/investors_gravitate_less_glamorous_assets_0831 | title= Class-B Assets and Secondary Markets Earn Their Day in the Sun | author= W. Joseph Caton | publisher=National Real Estate Investor | date= August 11, 2011 | access-date=November 24, 2014}}
=History=
The brownfield site was a vacant 20 acre lot between Coronado and Winrock Malls, originally the site of St. Pius X High School. The school was razed in the late 1980s to make room for an ambitious mixed-use development called The Commons, which would have included two 22-story office towers and a 14-story hotel. However, this project fell apart and the land remained vacant.{{cite news | last1=Logan | first1=Paul | title=Commons Developer Files Suit | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18139979/albuquerque_journal/ | access-date=March 9, 2018 | work=Albuquerque Journal | date=August 22, 1989 | via=Newspapers.com}} Below the infill site, a three level, 300 space parking garage was built to facilitate extra parking.{{cite web | url = http://www.dpsdesign.org/what-we-create/abq-uptown | title = ABQ Uptown | website = Dekker/Perich/Sabatini | access-date = November 24, 2014}}
=Today=
ABQ Uptown opened in two phases. Phase one opened in November 2006, and included the shopping centers, parking garage, and the realignment of roads and utilities in the area. Phase two was the development and construction of housing, and opened in 2008.{{cite web | url = http://southwest.construction.com/features/archive/nmbestof.pdf | title = New Mexico Best of 2006 | website = Southwest Contractor | access-date = November 24, 2014}} Simon Property Group, who used to own Cottonwood Mall (the fourth mall in the metropolitan area, and the only one not in the uptown area), purchased ABQ Uptown from Hunt Building Corporation in 2012.{{cite web | url = http://www.huntcompanies.com/files/ABQ_Uptown_Case_Study.pdf | title = ABQ Uptown Case Study | website = Hunt Companies | access-date = November 24, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030612/http://www.huntcompanies.com/files/ABQ_Uptown_Case_Study.pdf | archive-date = March 4, 2016 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }} The businesses currently hosted include Apple, AT&T, Banana Republic, BCBGMAXAZRIA, Eddie Bauer, GAP, J. Crew, Lululemon Athletica, Lush, MAC Cosmetics, Michael Kors, Pottery Barn, Sleep Number, Soma, Starbucks, Sunglass Hut, The North Face, T-Mobile, Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy, White House Black Market, and Williams Sonoma.{{Cite web|url=http://www.simon.com/mall/abq-uptown/stores|title = Store Directory for ABQ Uptown - A Shopping Center in Albuquerque, NM - A Simon Property}}
=Apartments=
Apartments were added across the street from the ABQ Uptown shopping center.{{cite web | url = http://www.liveatabq.com/ | title = ABQ Uptown Village | access-date = November 24, 2014}} The 198 unit building opened in 2008.{{Cite web |url=http://www.liveatabq.com/albuquerque/abq-uptown-village/amenities/ |title=Apartment Community in Albuquerque | ABQ Uptown Village |access-date=2017-05-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170508011158/http://www.liveatabq.com/albuquerque/abq-uptown-village/amenities/ |archive-date=2017-05-08 |url-status=dead }}
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Category:Shopping malls in New Mexico
Category:Shopping malls established in 1965
Category:Buildings and structures in Albuquerque, New Mexico