In-N-Out Burger is targeting June 2027 for completion of one of its first New Mexico locations on Coors Boulevard. Lynsi Snyder says the debut in New Mexico “will be soon,” but construction has not started on any of the Albuquerque sites.
“New Mexico’s been waiting for us, and it will be soon,” Snyder said in an interview with Terry Crews posted to In-N-Out Burger’s website. The chain first announced plans to expand into New Mexico by 2027 three years ago, and the new permit filings now narrow that window to a specific summer target.
Coors NW and Cottonwood Mall
Three Albuquerque sites are in the pipeline, with two planned for the West Side at 3811 Coors NW in Oxbow Center and in the Dillard’s parking lot at Cottonwood Mall. The third site is immediately west of the fire station on Gibson Boulevard, giving the company multiple entry points into the city rather than a single opening.
“about nine months to build and open for business,” said Matt Loevenguth, In-N-Out Director of Real Estate, once a location breaks ground. Building permits for the Coors and Gibson restaurants have been issued, and the site plan for the Cottonwood Mall location has been approved.
June 2027 and permits
Documents uploaded to the Albuquerque Planning Department’s website show the chain is targeting completion of one of its first New Mexico locations by June 2027. Several people familiar with the developments said the company aims to open the Coors and Gibson restaurants first and around the same time so traffic is dispersed.
That sequence matters because the June 2027 target is tied to construction, not a finished opening date, and Loevenguth’s nine-month build window would begin only after ground breaks. If that timing holds, the company still has to move from permits to shovels before the first customers see a line.
Snyder’s slower growth plan
Snyder said the company decides on new markets through prayer and by asking whether her grandparents would approve, while also weighing real estate opportunities and demand. She said In-N-Out Burger keeps a spreadsheet tracking how many requests it gets to open in different states, and described the company’s growth as slow and steady.
“Some people might look and say, ‘Oh they’re popping up in a new state … they’re just growing like crazy,’ but we’re not,” Snyder said. In late October, an In-N-Out spokesperson said, “we don’t have any updates to share at this time,” which leaves the permit trail as the clearest marker yet of when New Mexico’s long wait may end.
