Alan Hoffman, one of the founders of

Alan Hoffman, one of the founders of Aldea, a new urban community underway near Santa Fe, NM, is now proposing Oshara Village, a new town with 735 units and substantial commercial, also near Santa Fe. The town’s plaza would be bounded on one side with Richard’s Road, a busy arterial, which means that retail is already in demand, Hoffman says. Fifteen percent of the homes would be subsidized affordable housing, while the market-rate units would go for between $180,000 and $500,000, according to an Albuquerque Journal report. The site already has the master plan approval for the development program. Hoffman needs approval for the specific plan, shown at right, which was drawn up by new urbanist Lorn Tryk.