‘505 Central’ bringing new lofts, life to old Sears building
By Jessica Dyer
Albuquerque Journal Staff Writer
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An 80-year-old Downtown building that once housed Lovelace and Sears will soon be actual housing — plus offices, a coffee shop and restaurants.
Albuquerque architect Mark Baker has begun a mixed-use redevelopment of the property at the northwest corner of 5th and Central. The project, dubbed “505 Central,” will include 34 loft apartments and commercial space for his architecture firm, a second location of his cafe, Humble Coffee Company, and other tenants that should include two restaurants.
Work has begun on the 58,000-square-foot project, Baker’s first Downtown development. It should open by July.
Baker declined to provide the cost of the development, which was designed by Baker A+D, financed by Washington Federal and will be built by Insight Construction.