{"id":4444,"date":"2009-04-07T13:28:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-07T19:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2009\/04\/spaceport-could-launch-spate-of-commercial-growth\/"},"modified":"2009-04-07T13:28:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-07T19:28:00","slug":"spaceport-could-launch-spate-of-commercial-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2009\/04\/spaceport-could-launch-spate-of-commercial-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Spaceport could launch &#8216;spate&#8217; of commercial growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/Sdup5O3F5DI\/AAAAAAAALWI\/8-fnv1UMl8g\/s1600-h\/Spaceport+america.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 186px; height: 95px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/Sdup5O3F5DI\/AAAAAAAALWI\/8-fnv1UMl8g\/s200\/Spaceport+america.gif\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322034185375179826\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The construction of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spaceportamerica.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Spaceport America<\/a> could lead to a \u201cspate\u201d of new commercial real estate development in the area, a trade publication for that industry says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Citing the inking earlier this year of a long-term lease with <a href=\"http:\/\/haussamen.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/virgin-galactic-signs-spaceport-lease.html\">anchor tenant Virgin Galactic<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/haussamen.blogspot.com\/2008\/12\/company-selected-to-build-spaceport.html\">hiring of a contractor<\/a> to oversee construction of the world\u2019s first purpose-built commercial spaceport, the article in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commercialpropertynews.com\/cpn\/content_display\/industry-news\/e3i19ba8a8fc75ea9047a17814c1e216d53?imw=Y\" target=\"_blank\">Commercial Property News<\/a> puts a positive spin on the potential for southern New Mexico.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The possibilities for growth include \u201can assortment of research parks and mixed-use industrial projects,\u201d Las Cruces realtor (and state transportation commissioner) John Hummer told the publication. That includes New Mexico State University\u2019s Arrowhead Research Park and facilities near the airports in Las Cruces and Truth or Consequences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">From the article:<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<blockquote style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><p>\u201c(Hummer) added that the cluster won\u2019t mushroom overnight, but like most new industries will evolve over a few years &#8212; and the new space industry is often compared with the early years of aeronautics as a commercial endeavor. \u2018There\u2019s a lot of relationship- and contact-development happening at this point,\u2019 he says. \u2018Developing a brand-new industry is a long-term, high-risk proposition, but the potential rewards and spinoffs are enormous.\u2019\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The construction of Spaceport America could lead to a \u201cspate\u201d of new commercial real estate development in the area, a trade publication for that industry says. Citing the inking earlier this year of a long-term lease with anchor tenant Virgin Galactic and the hiring of a contractor to oversee construction of the world\u2019s first purpose-built [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4444\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}