Help shape a new mixed-use district in one of Las Cruces’ most active growth corridors.
Approximately 84 acres of City-owned land are available for phased development directly across from MountainView Regional Medical Center. The City of Las Cruces is seeking experienced development partners to help transform the property into a walkable, mixed-use community anchored by housing, healthcare, commercial activity, trails, and public spaces.
Approximately 84 City-owned acres | Phased development welcomed | Flexible partnership structures
A Flexible Development Opportunity
East Lohman offers an uncommon combination of scale, public ownership, a growing surrounding market, and proximity to a major regional healthcare and employment anchor.
The property can accommodate a comprehensive master development, a catalytic first phase, or multiple projects completed by different development partners. The adopted East Lohman Development Plan establishes a community-supported vision for the area, but it is not a fixed site plan. The final development program may respond to market demand, infrastructure requirements, financing, and the expertise of selected partners.
Housing is viewed as a likely early catalyst, creating the population and activity needed to support future healthcare, commercial, hospitality, civic, and recreational uses.
Why East Lohman?
The site is located south of East Lohman Avenue, north of the Little Dam Arroyo, and west of Sonoma Ranch Boulevard.
Key location advantages include:
- Directly across from MountainView Regional Medical Center
- Visibility and access along the East Lohman corridor
- Connections from Sonoma Ranch Boulevard, Roadrunner Parkway, and Paseo de Oñate
- Proximity to established Sonoma Ranch and Canyon Point neighborhoods
- Convenient access to I-25, New Mexico State University, downtown Las Cruces, and regional employment centers
- Expansive views of the Organ and Robledo Mountains
MountainView Regional Medical Center provides a sustained regional draw and creates opportunities for complementary housing, medical services, senior living, rehabilitation, dining, retail, and visitor accommodations.
A Strong Surrounding Market
The three-mile East Lohman market includes:
- 55,080 residents
- 22,897 households
- $72,850 median household income
- 66.4% white-collar employment
The surrounding area combines residential growth, strong educational attainment, healthcare employment, and household purchasing power that can support a mixed-use district with housing, medical services, hospitality, and neighborhood-serving businesses.
Figures are 2026 three-mile market estimates.
A Community-Supported Vision
The East Lohman Development Plan calls for a distinctive neighborhood that builds on the area’s existing strengths while responding to its desert setting.
The vision includes:
- A connected network of walkable streets and appropriately scaled blocks
- A range of housing types and price points
- Healthcare, wellness, and employment-supporting uses
- Neighborhood retail, restaurants, services, and hospitality
- Public gathering spaces, trails, and arroyo connections
- Preservation of natural drainage, desert vegetation, and mountain views
- A coordinated public-realm and infrastructure framework that can accommodate multiple phases and developers
Potential housing may include multifamily rental, townhomes, duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, cottage and courtyard housing, live-work units, detached homes, senior housing, and attainable or workforce-oriented housing.
Multiple Ways to Participate
The City welcomes interest from:
- Master and horizontal developers
- First-phase developers
- Residential and commercial builders
- Healthcare, hospitality, and senior-living operators
- Investors and joint-venture partners
- Institutions and potential end users
The City is prepared to consider fee-simple sales, phased acquisitions, ground leases, options, exclusive negotiating agreements, joint ventures, land contributions, and other public-private partnership structures.
Subject to applicable law, demonstrated public benefit, appraisal, negotiation, and City Council approval, the City may also evaluate the use of land value and eligible economic development, redevelopment, infrastructure, district financing, or utility participation tools.
Site Status
The property is currently undeveloped. Prior landfill remediation has been completed, and existing environmental documentation will be available for independent review and due diligence.
Utility capacity, access, internal streets, drainage, horizontal infrastructure, parcel configuration, zoning, and final phasing will be evaluated as development concepts move forward. The City views these as matters to be shaped with qualified partners.
Start the Conversation
Developers, builders, investors, institutions, operators, and end users are invited to discuss the opportunity directly with the City.
An initial conversation is not a request for a formal proposal. It is an opportunity to identify areas of interest, potential development roles, information needs, and partnership structures that may provide a feasible path forward.
