Crescent plans multifamily project in redeveloped Flatiron Crossing
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Crescent plans multifamily project in redeveloped Flatiron Crossing

BROOMFIELD — Residential developer Crescent Communities LLC is expected to soon begin building a multifamily project in Broomfield’s re-envisioned Flatiron Crossing district.  Dubbed Novel Flatiron, the Crescent project calls for a five-story, 345-unit luxury apartment building that is integrated into Flatiron Crossing’s to-be-redeveloped dining, shopping and entertainment zone. The goal for Novel Flatiron is to…

Hawthorn Court
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Boulder Housing Partners building Hawthorn Court affordable apartments

BOULDER — Boulder Housing Partners, the city’s public housing authority, broke ground this summer on the Hawthorn Court affordable apartment community, part of a broader redevelopment effort ongoing around the long-neglected Diagonal Plaza shopping-center site.  “Hawthorn’s 73 apartments will serve families earning between 30% and 60% of Area Median Income (AMI) as well as families…

Ex-Zerger Elementary site in Westminster eyed for single-family housing
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Ex-Zerger Elementary site in Westminster eyed for single-family housing

WESTMINSTER — Cardel Homes US LP, the American subsidiary of Canadian homebuilder Cardel Homes, hopes to build a 44-lot single-family home neighborhood on the site of the shuttered Zerger Elementary School in Westminster.  Zerger, which closed in 2021 amid falling enrollment and was later leased to a charter school, was approved for sale by the…

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Longmont planning officials support new Ziggi’s Coffee drive-through cafe

LONGMONT — Longmont’s Planning and Zoning Commission gave their blessing this month to a plan from Ziggi’s Coffee to build a new coffee shop and cafe in the city where the growing chain was born.  The 1,800-square-foot establishment is planned for about 1.8 acres at the southwest corner of Airport Road and Clover Basin Drive…

Cottonwood Apartments
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New building could be added to Cottonwood Apartments in Boulder

BOULDER — A new apartment building with 22 units is being planned for a portion of the parking lot in front of the Cottonwood Apartments complex in Boulder.  Rubicon Development LLC, an entity controlled by Michael Bosma, has submitted plans to the city that call for the construction of a new, three-story building adjacent to…

Sandstone McDonalds
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Longmont planning officials take a pass on McDonald’s drive-thru plans

LONGMONT — The Longmont Planning and Zoning Commission late last month declined to recommend for approval a plan by McDonald’s USA LLC, an affiliate of fast-food giant McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD), to build a drive-thru restaurant at Sandstone Marketplace. McDonald’s proposes a nearly 5,000-square-foot operation on just over an acre of land located south of…

MMA Design Baseline Facility
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Aerospace firm MMA Design moving HQ to newly built Baseline building

BROOMFIELD — MMA Design LLC, a Louisville-based company that makes solar arrays and communications antennas for space missions, will soon begin relocating its headquarters to a newly built flex-industrial space in Broomfield’s Baseline district.  The space at 1755 W. 160th Ave., which includes space for manufacturing, environmental testing and research and development, is 43,000 square…

Dutch Bros Pizza Hut
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Ex-Pizza Hut in Lafayette could become Dutch Bros coffee shop

LAFAYETTE — A developer hopes to transform the site of a shuttered Pizza Hut restaurant in Lafayette into a Dutch Bros drive-thru coffee shop.  Rogue Development LLC, an entity registered to a Denver address by Greg Moran, has submitted a site-review application for the redevelopment project at 200 W. South Boulder Road. The company, which…

Summit Pointe
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Duplexes planned at Westminster’s Summit Pointe 

WESTMINSTER — An area developer is planning to build 46 duplex units on an undeveloped plot in Westminster’s Summit Pointe neighborhood that had previously been eyed for townhomes.  The team, led by Otto Aichinger, presented a conceptual proposal to Westminster City Council this week. Officials spoke mostly in favor of the project.  If the developer…

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HousePad affordable project in Longmont to include for-sale options

LONGMONT — HousePad, a public-private affordable-housing partnership between Vertikal LLC and the city of Longmont, intends to include a mix of housing types for sale to a range of income levels.  The project, which received key approvals from the Longmont City Council last month and is expected to total about 185 total homes, is planned…

Limelight Boulder
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Limelight hotel on CU Boulder campus half-built, mid-2025 opening eyed

BOULDER —  Limelight Hotel Boulder is more than halfway built, and its operators expect that the 252-room inn and conference center on the University of Colorado Boulder campus will be open by late summer or early fall 2025.  The hotel is expected to cost $130 million to build. Aspen Skiing Co.’s Aspen Hospitality division (formerly…

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Boulder Housing Partners plans Gunbarrel affordable-housing community

BOULDER — Boulder Housing Partners plans to add nearly 150 affordable-housing units in Boulder’s Gunbarrel neighborhood.  The housing authority is under contract to purchase nearly four acres on Gunpark Drive and Spine Road, where it has proposed building 23 townhomes in two buildings, 124 apartments in five buildings and one community building. “The townhomes are…

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Gunbarrel Technology Center developer plans 2025 groundbreaking

BOULDER — A long-gestating plan to deliver new flex-industrial square footage to Boulder’s Gunbarrel neighborhood is expected to come to fruition next year.  A development team led by WK Real Estate anticipates breaking ground in 2025 on the Gunbarrel Technology Center, a 66,141-square-foot project on Homestead Way near the Celestial Seasonings headquarters. “We bought the…

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Boulder Housing Partners plans affordable apartments at Geological Society of America site

BOULDER — Boulder Housing Partners has submitted plans for review by Boulder officials for a 113-unit, 100% permanently affordable apartment community with an onsite daycare center. The development is proposed for 3300 Penrose Place, the long-time home of the Geological Society of America. “The proposal includes pursuit of landmarking and repurposing of the original portion…

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Westminster leaders mostly supportive of latest Uplands neighborhood

WESTMINSTER — Members of the Westminster City Council mainly expressed support for the latest set of conceptual plans for the next phase of Dream Finders Homes Inc.’s (NYSE: DFH) Uplands mega-development. The builder — which has applied for development approval alongside VPDF Uplands LLC, an entity registered to the Minneapolis address of investment firm Varde…

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Zoning change approved for Westminster office-to-apartments project

WESTMINSTER — The Westminster City Council this week unanimously approved a key zoning change that allows a local developer to move forward with plans to turn an aging office building into a small apartment complex.  The development team, led by 3699 West 73rd Ave LLC, an entity registered to the Wheat Ridge address of Eagle…