BROOMFIELD — Greenwood Village-based developer Lokal Homes LLC plans to build a residential community in Broomfield’s Lambertson Farms subdivision. The project, which was reviewed in its conceptual form this week by Broomfield City Council, is proposed for about 8.5 vacant acres at the northwest corner of West 136th Avenue and Huron Street and is expected…
LAFAYETTE — The construction team for Willoughby Corner, a soon-to-be-completed affordable-housing community in Lafayette, celebrated the project’s topping out last week. A topping out ceremony commemorates the completion of a building’s exterior frame. “I’m so proud of the team and their high-quality work to get us framed out,” Boulder County Housing Authority development director Molly…
LONGMONT — Atlanta-based builder Vista Residential Partners hopes to have a property on Quail Road — where it’s planning a townhome development — in unincorporated Boulder County annexed into Longmont city limits. Longmont City Council voted in late March to initiate the approval process of Vista’s annexation request of an 18.66-acre parcel at 8902 Quail…
WESTMINSTER — A developer plans to turn a vacant office building into a small apartment community. Westminster’s Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of a zoning change and preliminary development plan for the eight-unit project at 3699 73rd Ave. on March 12. The development, led by 3699 West 73rd Ave LLC, an entity registered to the…
LAFAYETTE — A Carl’s Jr. franchisee that owns and operates existing fast-food restaurants in Colorado is planning to bring the burger concept to Lafayette. By The Rio LLC, a company registered to a Pueblo West address, has submitted plans to the city to build a Carl’s Jr. with a drive-through lane on a vacant one-acre…
LOUISVILLE — The operators of Ironton Distillery & Crafthouse, located in Denver’s River North (RiNo) neighborhood, recently won a series of key approvals to relocate its spirits-production, tasting room and hospitality facility to Louisville. The Louisville operation, which planning documents show would include a total building area of about 22,000 square feet, is planned for…
BOULDER — The Pearl East Innovation Building, a planned life-sciences-focused flex space in Boulder’s Pearl East Business Park, moved a step closer to construction last week when Boulder’s Planning Board declined to call up a minor site review amendment requested by the project’s developer. A “call up” allows for the Planning Board or Boulder City…
WESTMINSTER — Schuck Chapman Cos., a Colorado Springs commercial real estate developer, received the go-ahead this week from Westminster city officials for a land-use change that could set the stage for a large office, flex-industrial and retail project near Interstate 25. The project, known now as Novera Business District and formerly as Foster Farms, is…
BROOMFIELD — A 40-unit, affordable-housing apartment community to be developed by Broomfield Housing Alliance was approved by the Broomfield City Council this month. The Grove at Cottonwood, located on the 1300 block of Cottonwood Street in the Northmoor Estates subdivision, just north of the Bal Swan Children’s Center, will “prioritize the needs of our neighbors…
LOUISVILLE — Denver-based Live Forward Development plans a 135-unit apartment and townhome project near downtown Louisville that is expected to have onsite affordable housing. The development, referred to in city planning documents as Delo Boom, would be located on a nearly 4.5-acre site at 1301 Courtesy Road and 1390 Cannon St., the current home to…
BOULDER — A property on Arapahoe Avenue adjacent to Boulder High School that is currently home to the Thrive smoothie shop is being eyed for residential redevelopment. A developer has submitted plans to the city to scrape the site at 1509 Arapahoe Ave. and build eight, three-story townhomes. Plans for the project, submitted by 1509…
JOHNSTOWN — CaliberCos Inc. (Nasdaq: CWD), an Arizona-based real estate developer and investment firm that has a significant footprint in Johnstown, recently sold a portion of its acreage in the town to Journey Homes LLC, which plans to build a 305-lot single-family home community on the site. Journey, according to Caliber, bought 80 acres around…
SUPERIOR — Downtown Superior’s mixed-use Origin building, which is being developed now, has added several retail tenants over the past few months, most recently leasing space to Krak Boba. Most of Krak Boba’s existing locations are in Southern California; the Superior Krak Boba location will be the chain’s first in Colorado. Krak Boba, which serves…
MEAD — Greeting card company Leanin’ Tree Inc. has leased a large, new industrial space in Mead, where the firm will move its headquarters and production from its longtime home in Boulder’s Gunbarrel neighborhood. The new Leanin’ Tree headquarters is a nearly 110,000-square-foot space in the recently developed Elevation25 business campus at the southeast corner…
LONGMONT — Longmont officials gave preliminary approval this week for a development agreement that could finally spur groundbreaking on a long-contemplated affordable-housing community near the city’s Costco store. A key piece to the scheme is the recent entry of developer Vertikal LLC, which would build the 185-unit project with a major assist from the city…
BROOMFIELD — Construction of the apartment complex Destination at Arista recently wrapped up, adding 325 units to Broomfield’s housing inventory. The project, built on a 11-acre parcel between Wadsworth Parkway and Destination Drive in Broomfield’s Arista district, includes four four- and five-story buildings that total 492,650 square feet. Amenities include a clubhouse with a cafe,…
SUPERIOR — First it was COVID-19 in 2020. Then, in 2021, it was the Marshall Fire. Some business operators would have abandoned expansion plans, but not Marla Yetka and Chad Yetka, the couple who co-founded Bigsby’s Folly Winery & Restaurant in Denver’s River North neighborhood in 2017. “About a year or two after we opened,…
BOULDER — Boulder city officials, when they adopted the East Boulder Subcommunity plan last year, set forth a vision for the neighborhood that includes more housing around employment centers and office parks, including the Flatiron Park campus. City planning leaders are now reckoning with the fact that their vision for east Boulder may end up…