Max Q @ Kirtland
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3530 Gibson Blvd SE, Albuquerque, NM 87116
Building description
Max Q @ Kirtland is a ground-up 70± acre development on Air Force Base land that will service one of the largest employment centers in New Mexico. This mixed-use project will be broken into four phases. The first phase consists of approximately 19 acres east of Carlisle Blvd and broke ground in March of 2024. The first phase is proposed to be a high density mixed-use "town center" style development with ground floor retail, drive-thru, hotels, restaurants, office, and R&D space. The development is available for ground lease, build-to-suit or to lease inline and end-cap drive-thru spaces in spec buildings. The site plan is subject to change based on the needs of tenants as the project evolves.
Located in SE Albuquerque on Gibson Blvd between Carlisle Blvd & Truman St, Max Q is made possible by an EUL (Enhanced Use Lease) with Kirtland Air Force Base on base land (made available to the private sector) and is 1.85 miles from the Sandia National Laboratories gate; 1.25 miles from the Albuquerque International Sunport; 0.75 miles from the US Department of Veteran Affairs and 2 miles from the University of New Mexico. This site is also a mile away from recently constructed Chick-Fil-A, Starbucks, Whataburger, Blake's Lotaburger, Chili's, Buffalo Wild Wings and Dion's. This submarket is home to the largest employment centers in the state of New Mexico and is largely underserved for retail amenities.
MaxQ is a groundbreaking commercial campus located within Kirtland Air Force Base, offering rare shovel-ready office pad opportunities designed for speed-to-occupancy and streamlined development.
BlackVe, an Albuquerque based company founded in January 2024 by Peter Wegner a veteran of 20 years in the US space programs and former CTO of commercial geospatial intelligence company Black Sky, announced in July 2026 that it has established a new operations facility at Max Q at Kirkland. BlackVe is an agile end to end space systems company designed to bring commercial speed and innovation into the national security space domain. Having active contracts and 40 employees BlackVe needed a facility to execute the operational base. In addition Wegner has plans for additional employees and an expansion in the form of a 15,000 square foot high bay facility with clean space for the manufacturing of multi-mission spacecraft and satellites to accelerate national security capabilities.
Building highlights
- Opportunity to join a 70± acre high-tech civilian campus at Kirtland Air Force Base featuring executive offices, light laboratories, R&D space, manufacturing, SCIFs, and hospitality + retail amenities.
- Close proximity to the VA Hospital and Lovelace Research Institute
- More than 43,000 employees and 27,000 students within 2 miles of the site.
- Development opportunities are flexible with options to ground lease, build-to-suit, end-cap drive-thrus or lease office +shop space within multi-tenant buildings.
- Join New Space Nexus and BlackVe as the first office tenants and Kirtland Federal Credit Union and Dunkin' Donuts as the first retail tenants of Max Q.
- Over 35,000 VPD on Gibson Blvd, 124,000 daytime population within 3 miles and 945 multi-family and 356 single family homes on base - currently underserved for retail amenities.
- Utilities already in place - water, sewer, power, and fiber optics
- Environmental and preliminary traffic studies completed
- Operates independently from City of Albuquerque and Bernalillo County zoning regulations
- No design review board, planning, zoning, or neighborhood association approval required
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