The 115 people we identified for ABJ's second annual list of power players all have outsized impacts on this city, their industries or even the world.

City leaders came out to the far east side of Albuquerque on Thursday morning to dedicate a reopened trail that connects neighbors to Foothills walking trails. The Allaso High Desert Community, near Tramway and Academy, will continue to have access to the newly dedicated Polly Rogers Trail.

It’s a classic American story. Aimeé González was 3 or 4 years old when her parents immigrated from Chihuahua, Mexico to Farmington in search of better opportunities. González’s grandfather worked in the now-shuttered San Juan Mine, so the family had a connection to the area.

Titan Development (“Titan”) announced today the purchase of the “Hiway House Motel” land. This land acquisition, which closed on April 19, 2024, is planned to be Titan’s newest hotel development and follows Titan’s strong successes in hospitality assets in Albuquerque – Journal Center Courtyard Marriott and the Highlands SpringHill Suites.

Albuquerque reimagined is what Mesa del Sol prides itself to be. The innovative and sustainable community is Albuquerque’s future realized with neighborhoods that will house and employ hundreds of thousands of people. The concept of the development began in 2002 with Forest City Enterprises Inc., a Cleveland-based development firm, which came to Albuquerque to build the 12,900-acre, mixed-use, master-planned community.

One of the Austin outskirts' busiest developers said its planned 115-acre, $84 million business park in Leander could bring 1.3 million square feet of industrial space to the fast-growing city over the next decade-plus.

Leander now has a 115-acre industrial development in the pipeline after months of deliberation and City Council’s final approval on March 21. Titan Development, the company behind the newly approved development, has similar projects in Georgetown, Hutto and New Braunfels. Now, the company has added Leander to the list with plans for a property at the northeast corner of Hero Way and CR 270.

A partnership between regional firm Titan Development and St. Louis-based Sansone Group will develop a 208,560-square-foot speculative cold storage facility in the northern Austin suburb of Hutto. The facility will be located within Titan’s Innovation Business Park and will feature 50-foot clear heights. Construction is slated to begin in the second quarter. CBRE and locally based brokerage firm AQUILA Commercial have been tapped as co-leasing agents for the facility.

Joe Iannacone is well known in Austin for his work with Titan Development in the booming industrial real estate sector, but he's a big player in another sphere as well — Ultimate Frisbee. This story details how he has come to rely on the sport as a way to decompress.

In the development world, the region north of Austin has already created a positive reputation due to its massive population growth, skilled workforce, user-friendly municipalities, utility access and speed to market. That's helped Titan lock down a slew of prominent manufacturers like CelLink Corp., Valex Corp. and Ovivo Inc.