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About Rio Rancho, New Mexico

Rio Rancho was developed as Rio Rancho Estates by developer AMREP in the 60’s and 70’s. AMREP developed 91,000+ acres of New Mexico Land northwest of Albuquerque and marketed it as a retirement community to people mainly in the eastern US. Rio Rancho Land is platted into approximately 112,000 home sites and commercial lots. During the 60’s and 70’s AMREP sold more than 75,000 lots in “Rio Rancho Estates” to thousands of individuals throughout the country.

Rio Rancho is now the fastest growing city in New Mexico and is dubbed the "City of Vision". Rio Rancho has a population of over 70,000. The City of Rio Rancho planners made a decision a few years ago to build a new "Downtown" and chose a parcel of Real Estate in the middle of Rio Rancho. The new Rio Rancho “City Centre” will be a modern and dynamic downtown and already has a state of the art Arena (Santa Ana Star Center), the Rio Rancho City Hall, and will soon have the CNM (Community College) and UNM Campus, and a full service UNM Hospital.

The Rio Rancho Real Estate market is dynamic and complex as land is plentiful. Rio Rancho lots can start at $3,000 for a ½ acre, but “buildable” lots close to services will range from $30000 to $150000 depending on location and availability of utilities. Rio Rancho Homes are some of the best values in the metro Albuquerque area. Some of the nicest master planned communities in New Mexico, including Cabazon and Loma Colorado, are in Rio Rancho. With the great amenities to community offers; Rio Rancho is a great place to call home!

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Sunday, February 8, 2009

UNM Rio Rancho Campus Gets Started

On Friday the University of New Mexico Rio Rancho Campus construction started with the ceremonially “Ground Breaking”. A UNM campus is something we have been excited about for many years and it’s great to see it finally getting started. The master plan is to eventually have a campus that can support 12000 students and includes a research campus and a teaching Hospital. It’s nice to see that projects like this and the Hewlett Packard center are moving forward and we look toward the future.

Here is the story by Rosalie Rayburn of the Rio Rancho Journal.
ABQJOURNAL RIO RANCHO: Ground Broken for UNM: "UNM's downtown Rio Rancho campus became a shovel-ready project Friday. City, state and University of New Mexico officials tossed a few spadefuls of sand to kick off Phase 1 of the campus."

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