WESTMINSTER — A development group received permission this week to move forward with a plan to subdivide a nearly eight-acre property at 3700 West 104th Ave. in Westminster into 18 lots, on which custom single-family homes will be built. The project, called Orchard Estates, will be developed by 3700 W. 104th LLC, helmed by Lloyd…
LOUISVILLE — A little more than a year after Louisville City Council issued a 12-month temporary use permit for the beer garden at Rocky Mountain Tap and Garden — a stop-gap measure taken only after the establishment’s owners jumped the gun and began building the beer garden before winning full approval from the city —…
LONGMONT — After years in the planning and development pipeline, the final phase of the West Grange residential neighborhood adjacent to Longmont’s Silver Creek High School is taking shape. That phase, which was presented to Longmont’s Planning and Zoning Commission this week, is expected to include as many as 284 new residential units: 10 single-family…
LONGMONT — A split Longmont City Council gave its blessing this week to a conceptual plan to build a mix of housing types on nearly six acres in the Bohn Farm neighborhood. City officials, in an attempt to appease both developer Mark Young and a vocal group of neighbors who oppose the project, capped the…
BOULDER — In an unusual move that could become more commonplace, a local developer is planning to build a multifamily residential community in a Boulder business park. Markel Homes Construction Co. presented plans this week to Boulder Planning Board members that call for apartments — mostly efficiency living units, or ELUs — offices and a…
BOULDER — Boulder Housing Partners is planning to build 44 affordable homes at 3125 34th St. Representatives for the project, which is in the Orchard Grove neighborhood, presented conceptual plans last week to the Boulder Planning Board. Those plans include building “permanently affordable townhouse units, with a mixture of two-story, two-bedroom units and one-story, one-bedroom…
LONGMONT — As Longmont’s ambitious, long-gestating plans to develop and redevelop the Sugar Factory and STEAM areas south of downtown come into focus, city staffers are emphasizing the need to establish a diverse mix of funding sources for the projects with the lion’s share of capital coming from the private sector. Broad plans for the…
WESTMINSTER — National homebuilder Pulte Homes is proposing to bring 62 duplex units to a fairly tight piece of vacant property in the Westminster’s Walnut Grove neighborhood. The developer presented a conceptual plan for the new community to the Westminster City Council this week that calls for the construction of the 62 units on 10.69…
BOULDER — Local real estate investment and development company Conscience Bay Co. LLC plans to build what it calls a first-of-its kind green office-laboratory flex space on Walnut Street in Boulder. The project, first introduced in a conceptual form last year, calls for a 112,600 square-foot, two-story facility at 3825 Walnut St. “This (will be)…
BOULDER — After about 10 hours of debate spread across three Boulder Planning Board meetings, the body finally recommended approval this week of plans to transform the aging Millennium Harvest House hotel site into housing for University of Colorado Boulder students. The recommendation, which includes an amendment requiring that planned pickleball courts, a dog park…
BROOMFIELD — Maryland-based developer St. John Properties Inc., which is building the Simms Technology Park office, research and retail campus in Broomfield, has hired Allen Rutherford to serve as director of construction in the firm’s Colorado regional office. Rutherford was formerly a senior project manager at CFC Construction Inc. in Lakewood. One of his duties…
WESTMINSTER — Residential developer Dream Finders Homes Inc. (NYSE: DFH) is off and running with the first phase of its large-scale Uplands community in Westminster after a recommendation of approval this week for its plans by the Westminster Planning Commission. The initial portion of the project is set for a 16.5 acre parcel located south…
WESTMINSTER — A vacant parcel in the interior of Westminster’s Shoenberg Farm property could soon be home to a mixed-use building with shops on the ground floor and apartments on the two upper floors, while the longer-term plan for an adjacent parcel with historical significance envisions a food hall that could turn the property into…
BROOMFIELD — McWhinney Real Estate Services Inc.’s mega-development Baseline in Broomfield has plenty of homes and businesses under construction, but still little in the way of community amenities. That’s about to change. “First park — moving forward!” Broomfield mayor Guyleen Castriotta said enthusiastically this week after city officials unanimously approved plans for the first phase…
WESTMINSTER — Urban Cottages LLC plans to build a townhome project at the former site of one of Westminster’s iconic watering holes, a plan the developer is calling a test case for modular, workforce housing in Westminster’s Alpine Vista neighborhood. In a public hearing before Westminster City Council this week, UC presented its conceptual plans,…
WESTMINSTER — A unique condominium project in Westminster could bring a new type of business to the Bradburn neighborhood: a rooftop restaurant and bar. Developer Jonathan Nassar has proposed construction of 64 for-sale multi-family units at a site on the 4100 block of Main Street. Westminster’s Planning Commission recommended approval of preliminary plans for the…
BOULDER — In response to post-COVID-19 consumer trends, Avery Brewing Co. is planning to add a new patio that will more than triple the outdoor square footage at its brewery and taphouse in Gunbarrel. Avery’s plans, reviewed briefly by the Boulder Planning Board this week, call for a new 7,062-square-foot outdoor seating area to be…
WESTMINSTER — Westminster’s Planning Commission last month gave its unanimous blessing to a plan by an out-of-state developer to build a new townhome community on a nearly 2.5-acre vacant lot at the southwest corner of West 92nd Avenue and Pierce Street. The project, known as Greenlawn, will be developed by Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based Pierce…