ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) –A prime spot next to a university-area grocery store has sat idle for years—but now, the City of Albuquerque is calling on developers to bring new life to the space.

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The city is keeping its request for proposals fairly open. The only requirement? Whatever gets built must benefit the community near Lead Ave. and Yale Boulevard.

It's where a former Family Dollar burned down two years ago. The City of Albuquerque's Metropolitan Redevelopment Agency is now in charge of seeking ideas for what comes next. "I think we're looking for maybe s

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