Santolina is expected to envelop 13,851 acres. It’s still unclear how water services will be sustained as drought diminishes resources — especially if growth in the area accelerates.

Santolina is a proposed development that would be a multi-use site of about 13,700 acres. Its developers say it would be home to more than 30,000 homes and 90,000 people.

Could Santolina proceed with its plan that includes over 38,000 residences with the master plan but without the planned communities zone change?

The debate over the Santolina Development plan got a little more heated today.

The Santolina scene gets a bit uglier when it is brought forth that both Peña and Quezada sit on the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority board.

Aug. 17—Santolina's developer is a step closer to building a solar array, wind energy project, recycling facility or landfill within the massive planned community west of Albuquerque. The ...

Santolina would be developed on almost 13,800 acres of Bernalillo County land located southwest of Albuquerque — a long-term plan that would bring residential and commercial components to the site.

There is an extremely drought-tolerant ground cover, cold hardy down to zero degrees, that is known as lavender cotton (Santolina chamaecyparissus). It is seldom seen but is a pleasant garden ...

Commissioners voted Tuesday afternoon to pass a series of zoning changes and to approve the “Level A” master plan associated with the project. Commissioners were continuing to debate the third ...

Santolina, a proposed city on the West Side, could transform the Albuquerque area as we know it.

A community known as the Santolina development that is planned for southwest Bernalillo County may produce less revenue and attract fewer residents than county officials anticipated.