June 9, 1939 - property opened as Hilton Hotel 

• First hotel in New Mexico constructed by New Mexico native Conrad Hilton
• Cost $700,000 to build
• Built by the Greer family’s construction firm
• Designed by architect Anton F. Korn
• Originally built with 160 rooms; was tallest building in New Mexico at the time it opened
• First building in New Mexico with air conditioning

1969 – property sold by Hilton, renamed Hotel Plaza
1981 – property sold again, named Hotel Bradford but never opened
1983 – property sold again to Southwest Resorts.  A major renovation
                  reduced the property to 114 rooms with four suites
August 3, 1984 - re-opened as La Posada de Albuquerque
1984 - placed on National Register of Historic Places
2005 – property sold to Albuquerque businessman Gary Goodman for $4 million
October 2005 – property closed to embark upon $30 million renovation
March 28, 2008 - Hotel renamed Andaluz                                                November 2008 - restaurant is re-named Saffron and Ibiza is chosen for the new roof top lounge 
2009 – Grand Opening of Andaluz