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fee Adriana Siso's new building for Molecule Furniture Design Commercial market: pain and endurance and doors, Western Window Systems, and Weiland pocket doors. "I could stand to be busier," said Catanach, who has been in the business for 19 years, including previous stints with Brother Sun which closed earlier this year and Pella. "But business is pretty steady. We're keeping it small. We're keeping the overhead low so we can stay open." Just north in the Baca Railyard, Santa Fe Mountain Sports opened a little less than a year ago at a project by artist Brett Chomer, architect Eric Enfield, and builder Kevin Daniels.

In a cul-de-sac behind it, two buildings are going up. One of them, an interesting structure with the first and second stories perpendicular to one another, is by Robert Denner, Sunrise Construction. It is for Denner's residence, plus lease space for other businesses on the first floor, according to Richard Czoski, executive director of the Santa Fe Railyard Community Corporation (RCC). Another live-work combination going up across the street is a studio and residence for artist Ricardo Mazal. His architect, Jonah Stanford, plans to build his own residence next door to that.

Czoski said the RCC is moving ahead on two new buildings that will be constructed by the motion-picture company Masque Entertainment Studios. They will be built near Santa Fe Railyard Park and Warehouse 21. One is a post-production facility and the other a building that size or less for Masque's corporate headquarters and some plug-and-play space. "Right now, when movie companies come to town, they've been leasing space in the old St. Vincent Hospital and elsewhere," Czoski said.

"This facility would satisfy all their needs when these groups come in for three months to shoot a movie." The RCC plans to seek city approvals for the Masque proposal this month and in December. Czoski said he does not foresee loan problems. "It's owner-occupied, so that makes a huge difference," he said. "Masque's principal, Steve Perry, already has financing lined up with Los Alamos National Bank. "The big issue today is financing and unless it's owner-occupied, it's nearly impossible to get a construction loan," Czoski said.

"One of my tenants was going to lease a By Paul Weideman It would be too easy in this annual survey of the commercial real-estate market to be nothing but depressing. There have been so many people hurt by the economic downturn especially those who have lost their small businesses, and many others who are hanging on by their fingernails. But here and there, also, are hopeful signs. One of the few new buildings put up in town during the past year is Molecule Furniture Design. The unique, silvery building Adriana Siso designed using 1 1 recycled ISO shipping containers is on Flagman Way in the Baca Area of the Santa Fe Railyard.

The business will be operated by Siso and her daughter, Andrea de los Reyes. During a visit in late October, the two had a lot of unpacking to do and hoped to be open for business by mid-November. Nearby, Loewen Window Center opened a year ago at 1219 Cerrillos Road, in a new building that is also in the Baca Street end of the revitalized railyard. The store carries what manager Anna Catanach called high-end Loewen windows and doors, as well as Windsor windows 22 NOVEMBER 2010 HOME 0 BLACK MAGENTA.