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Economic conditions could prolong residential development on Celestial Seasoning site

BOULDER — Developer Sares Regis Group this month was approved for its third permit extension related to its plans to build a multi-family residential community adjacent to the Celestial Seasons headquarters in Boulder’s Gunbarrel neighborhood. The plans for 4775 Spine Road, originally approved in June 2021, call for “230 residential units, including 65 permanently affordable…

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Downtown Superior’s ‘final piece’ clears key hurdle

SUPERIOR — After more than six hours of hearings and deliberation spread across two weeks, the last major phase of the Downtown Superior development won a recommendation this week from the Superior Planning Commission.  The 7-1 vote in favor of the project — which calls for two life sciences-focused office-laboratory flex buildings, two large parking…

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627-residence project in Fort Collins heading back to P&Z

FORT COLLINS — Union Park is on its way to another review in southeast Fort Collins. The latest version of Windsor-based Landmark Homes’ proposed development, which would bring 627 residential units, some commercial space and a child-care center to a tract north of Front Range Village between Ziegler Road and Corbett Drive, was presented Thursday…

Custom-home community planned on West 104th Avenue in Westminster
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Custom-home community planned on West 104th Avenue in Westminster

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…

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Plans advance to renovate historic Fort Collins building

FORT COLLINS – A plan to renovate a 116-year-old downtown Fort Collins building for a mix of commercial units got a warm reception from city planners on Wednesday during its preliminary design review. Applicant Joshua Guernsey, a broker at Waypoint Real Estate, is partnering with the family that owns the building to redevelop the William…

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Rocky Mountain Tap and Garden permanent beer garden design approved

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 —…

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Windsor approves rezoning of Water Valley site

WINDSOR — The Windsor Town Board has approved a planned unit development overlay rezoning of nine acres in east Windsor to permit a combined commercial/residential neighborhood. The project, to be called the Lofts at Water Valley Village, is located off Water Valley Parkway and Colorado Highway 257. Units to be built will include ground-level retail…

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Final West Grange phase expected to include nearly 300 homes

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…

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‘Compromise’ Bohn Farm residential concept approved over neighbors’ objections

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…

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Plan for freight transfer facility to get closer look in Loveland

LOVELAND — Residents will soon get a look at revised plans for a large freight transfer facility just north of Northern Colorado Regional Airport on the eastern edge of Loveland. A neighborhood meeting has been scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 26 at the city’s Development Services Building, 410 E. Fifth St. in Loveland….

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Markel Homes plans multifamily project in Boulder business park

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…

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Ground broken for 300-unit apartment complex in Firestone

FIRESTONE — Officials of the town of Firestone and the construction team held a groundbreaking ceremony Sept. 26 for Firestone Junction, a 300-unit apartment complex in the Firestone City Centre development, southeast of the interchange of Interstate 25 and Colorado Highway 119. The complex will rise on a 19.3-acre tract stretching from the rear of…

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Boulder Housing Partners reveals 34th Street townhome community

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…

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Longmont envisions mix of funding sources for Sugar Factory, STEAM development

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…

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Brighton City Council paves way for Amprius battery plant

BRIGHTON — Rezoning of the former Kmart Distribution Center at 18875 Bromley Lane to allow for a lithium-ion battery-production plant received approval on first reading Tuesday by the Brighton City Council. The council voted 4-3 to allow the Mile High Logistics Center planned development on the 103.3-acre property — superseding the existing Kmart planned unit…

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‘Will Vill II’ business owners face uncertain future.

BOULDER — The new owner of Moe’s Original BBQ in south Boulder doesn’t shy from talking about a developer’s plan to flatten the strip mall that houses his restaurant to make way for 610 apartments in six high-rise buildings.  The same cannot be said for the owners of other businesses at the southeast quadrant of…