Colorado Research Exchange
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Broomfield R&D-centric flex campus wins enthusiastic approval

BROOMFIELD — The Texas-based development group behind the Colorado Research Exchange, a planned research-and-development-forward office-laboratory flex campus in Broomfield’s Interlocken business park, are moving forward with the project with the solid backing of city officials. The Broomfield City Council unanimously signed off plans Tuesday evening for the Colorado Research Exchange, also known as CoRE and…

Large storage facility planned in Lafayette
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Large storage facility planned in Lafayette

LAFAYETTE — A Denver-based developer of a variety of styles of commercial buildings is planning a large-scale self-storage facility in Lafayette. DCB Construction Co. Inc. has submitted special-use review applications for a three-story,  91,644-square-foot operation at 710 U.S. Highway 287. The self-storage facility would occupy the eastern half of a 2.43-acre lot currently owned by…

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Planning begins on second phase of Boulder Junction area plan

BOULDER — In the 15 years since Boulder adopted the first phase of its Transit Village Area Plan, a guide to development and infrastructure within what is known as Boulder Junction, progress has been made toward achieving the city’s stated goal evolving the neighborhood into “a lively, mixed-use, pedestrian-oriented place where people will live, work,…

Louisville leaders prepare rare rebuke for Delo West developer
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Louisville leaders prepare rare rebuke for Delo West developer

LOUISVILLE — Louisville officials are preparing to send a message to developers: If you bring forth a project that you’re called mixed-use, it’d better actually be mixed-use.  At the direction of Louisville City Council, city staff are drafting a resolution of denial — a rarely used mechanism that spells out precisely why an applicant has…

Baseline Industrial-SE Corner
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McWhinney breaks ground on third, fourth Baseline industrial buildings

BROOMFIELD — McWhinney Real Estate Services Inc., the Loveland-based master developer of the Baseline mega-development on 1,100 acres in Broomfield south of Baseline Road, west of Interstate 25 and east of Sheridan Parkway, has broken ground on two new flex-industrial buildings on the site, the company’s third and fourth at Baseline to date.  The buildings,…

Pearl East redevelopment grilled over design, height
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Pearl East redevelopment grilled over design, height

BOULDER — What distinguishes a life-sciences facility from a typical flexible-use office building? And how does Boulder continue fostering its rapidly expanding biotechnology ecosystem without filling every nook and cranny with generic corporate campuses, exacerbating the city’s jobs-housing imbalance? These questions were top of mind this week when Boulder’s Planning Board held a concept review…

Broomfield leaders push McWhinney on Baseline affordable housing plans
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Broomfield leaders push McWhinney on Baseline affordable housing plans

BROOMFIELD — Broomfield officials are becoming increasingly vocal in their efforts to ensure elements of McWhinney Real Estate Services Inc.’s Baseline mega-development meet the community’s expectations. Expressing consternation last month about potential negative impacts on future tax receipts, members of Broomfield City Council scrutinized the Loveland developer’s proposal to reduce commercial space in favor of…

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Planned Interlocken life-sciences campus wins praise from Broomfield officials

BROOMFIELD — A plan from Dallas developer Lincoln Property Co. to build a life-sciences-centric business campus in Interlocken appears to be moving smoothly toward groundbreaking, with a nod of approval this week from Broomfield’s Land Use Review Committee. The project, known as CoRE – Colorado Research Exchange, will be built at 235 Interlocken Blvd. and…

Raising Cane’s plans for Boulder restaurant fall amid concerns over hours, drive-through
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Raising Cane’s plans for Boulder restaurant fall amid concerns over hours, drive-through

BOULDER — Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers’ plans to open a new restaurant and drive-through in Boulder were shot down Thursday evening as the Boulder City Council opted not to call up the project after a decision by the city’s Planning Board to reject the popular Louisiana-born fast-food chain’s application. Concerns from the Planning Board, which…

Developer seeks changes to Delo West plan
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Developer seeks changes to Delo West plan

LOUISVILLE — The Denver-based developer already approved to build multi-family housing in the Downtown East Louisville neighborhood, also known as Delo, is attempting to amend its plans and increase the number of rental units.  LCP Delo LLC, a holding company operated by developer Littleton Capital Partners, is set to go before the Louisville Planning Commission…

McWhinney faces tough questions about ‘social and economic heart’ of Baseline
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McWhinney faces tough questions about ‘social and economic heart’ of Baseline

BROOMFIELD — As McWhinney Real Estate Services Inc. prepares to build Center Street — a district that the company and Broomfield planners consider to be the “social and economic heart” of the Baseline mega-development — the developer is facing scrutiny from city leaders who appear a bit wary of a potential reduction of commercial space…

Timnath tees up for Topgolf
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Timnath tees up for Topgolf

TIMNATH — Northern Colorado could soon be the home of a highly coveted entertainment and recreation amenity: a Topgolf facility. Documents gathered by BizWest through a Colorado Open Records Act request indicate that Timnath officials have been actively pursuing Topgolf, which has Colorado locations in Thornton and Colorado Springs, for at least six months and…

Longmont Habitat for Humanity
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Habitat for Humanity project seeks to improve Longmont affordable-housing stock

LONGMONT — Habitat for Humanity of the St. Vrain Valley plans to increase Longmont’s affordable-housing stock with a new project on Rogers Road near the intersection of Martin Street and Third Avenue. The nonprofit group received unanimous approval this spring to build three triplex buildings with a total of nine units that will be sold…

Texas developer envisions new Interlocken life-sciences campus
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Texas developer envisions new Interlocken life-sciences campus

BROOMFIELD — Dallas developer Lincoln Property Co., alongside investor Federal Capital Partners, is planning a large new office, research and development, and light-manufacturing campus in Broomfield’s Interlocken business park, with the aim of attracting life-sciences industry tenants. The project, known as CoRE – Colorado Research Exchange, will be built at 235  Interlocken Blvd. and is…

Large affordable housing project wins nod from Lafayette Planning Commission
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Large affordable housing project wins nod from Lafayette Planning Commission

LAFAYETTE — Lafayette could soon have 400 new affordable units from the Boulder County Housing Authority, more than doubling the agency’s current home count in the city.  The Lafayette Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of a zoning change request for Willoughby Corner, a mix of rental and for-sale units at North 120th Street and East…