Winrock Town Center redevelopment gains momentum in Uptown Albuquerque

The Campground at Winrock opened in May 2026 along the former Dillard’s edge of Winrock Town Center, giving Uptown Albuquerque a temporary food and gathering spot while the broader redevelopment keeps moving. The stopgap sits near Louisiana Boulevard and I-40, where changes to the site affect shoppers, workers and nearby businesses that have waited years for the long-promised rebuild to take shape.

Goodman Realty Group has been working on the Winrock revamp since 2011, and the project dates back even farther than that. Winrock opened in 1961 and was once the largest regional mall between Los Angeles and Dallas. The redevelopment vision has evolved into an open-air shopping district with a hotel, IMAX movie theater, parks, condos and offices, but the timeline has stretched well past the 2018 completion date developers were talking about in 2015. Darin Sand put it plainly: “Winrock is not one project.”

The most tangible shift came with Winrock Park, a 2-acre public space that opened in June 2024 and is now the core of the site. Goodman Realty has described the park as part of a plan to make Winrock more pedestrian-friendly and mixed-use, which matters in a district where drive-up retail has long dominated the landscape. The park uses reuse-water lines for its ponds and sprinklers, and its opening day featured yoga, an artisan market, a beer garden, a car show, live music and family activities including pickleball.

The current buildout is aimed at making the site feel active while larger pieces are still under construction. Goodman said the food truck park is expected to last about two to two-and-a-half years, and the longer-term plan calls for a food hall in a three-story building with the food hall on the bottom floor. The project has also kept landing new tenants. 85°C Bakery Cafe plans to open New Mexico’s first location at Winrock under a 10-year lease finalized in January 2026.

Public financing has remained part of the picture. Winrock Town Center Tax Increment Development District meetings were scheduled in 2025 and 2026, showing continued city oversight as infrastructure and bond proceeds are discussed. The City of Albuquerque says tax increment financing reinvests increased tax revenue from a designated area back into redevelopment, a structure that keeps the project tied to future growth in the district.

Sand said the overall Winrock project could take six to eight years to finish, which means the changes around Louisana Boulevard and I-40 will keep coming in stages. For Uptown, the payoff is not a single opening day but a slower shift toward a district with more public space, more food options and a denser mix of retail and buildings than the old mall ever offered.