Gold Avenue Lofts

Gold Avenue Lofts
Albuquerque, New Mexico

• Southwest Contractor Best of 2005, Best Private Building Project: Over $5 Million
• Albuquerque Downtown Action Team – Best Exterior Design

The Gold Avenue Loft Building is a 76,000 square foot, six-story, mixed-use project in downtown Albuquerque’s Historic Alvarado Transportation District. It was part of a public/private development designed to anchor downtown Albuquerque’s major revitalization effort. And it was the first liner building that interfaced with a city parking structure.

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The multi-use building offers retail on the ground floor, offices on the second floor and residence loft units on floors three through six.

The fifth and sixth floor units offer penthouses with over 100 square foot outdoor terraces and full views of the city. Because of the new building type, a progressive approach for code review was utilized. This performance-based code analysis saved the owner 18% on total construction costs. The narrow, vertical site exemplifies the new urban lifestyle Albuquerque has been demanding for decades.