Leah March

2 weeks ago | bizjournals.com | Leah March

Las Cruces gives initial approval to 80-lot Heather Hills subdivision amid new flexible development code. Concerns raised over traffic and nearby park plans. An 80-lot subdivision, known as Heather Hills, won preliminary plat approval in Las Cruces last week, during the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission meeting on March 25. Located at 5150 Stern Drive, the proposed subdivision occupies about 22 acres in southern Las Cruces.

3 weeks ago | bizjournals.com | Leah March

Palace Modern, a new, locally owned hotel, opened its doors in Santa Fe last fall. Las Cruces native and owner Jay Galván Heneghan sat down with Albuquerque Business First to detail the business concept and plan for the building. “It's wanting to marry a traditional Southwestern and a modern aesthetic,” she said of the design concept. “It's what we're doing with every aspect of the hotel.

3 weeks ago | bizjournals.com | Leah March

New Mexico’s Franklin Mountain Packaging, a manufacturer specializing in boxes, containers and custom packaging, added over 60 jobs to their Santa Teresa operations, which doubled in 2023. The company scored $701,117 in state job training incentives to train 63 new employees, the state Economic Development Department announced last week. The trainees will be paid $20 per hour, on average.

3 weeks ago | bizjournals.com | Leah March

Ground broke on ArtHouse, a 129-unit apartment building, on March 27 in Santa Fe’s new Aspect Media Village development, kicking off Phase 1 of the $100 million project. Aspect Media Village is a 21-acre mixed-use film studio and residential development aimed at revitalizing the city’s long-dilapidated Midtown Corridor. The Village repurposes the vacant Santa Fe University of Art and Design, which closed in 2018. The city approved the project in December 2024.

3 weeks ago | bizjournals.com | Leah March

Franco Whole Foods is expanding its Las Cruces operations, bringing hundreds of new jobs to the area. A Californian tortilla-maker is expanding its operations on the south side of Las Cruces, an investment of nearly $8 million expected to employ 241 new jobs. San Diego-Based food manufacturer Franco Whole Foods is upgrading its existing facility in Las Cruces, and modeling a second facility— a total investment of $7,825,000, a county planning document shows.