FORT COLLINS — A groundbreaking ceremony for Colorado State University’s new $230 million Veterinary Health and Education Complex will be held Thursday on the Fort Collins campus.CSU hopes the project will position it as a leader in veterinary-medicine education, research and animal care for the next several decades. The ceremony will be held from 4…
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…
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…
TIMNATH — The first phase of a mixed-use development is expected to be completed by year’s end near the Cache la Poudre River and just north of the Timnath Town Hall. The $30 million Riverbend Urban Village, offering nearly 44,000 square feet in two buildings on four acres south of Harmony Road and east of…
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…
LOVELAND — Armed with city planners’ approval of its site-development plan that would nearly quadruple the size of its Loveland facility, Cardinal Glass now is waiting for a view of the economic climate that’s as clear as the view through its energy-efficient panes. “We’re just feeling out the market,” said plant manager Eddie Claxton. “We…
ESTES PARK — Owners of a sports bar housed in a pair of 40-foot shipping containers expect to open their business in downtown Estes Park on Memorial Day weekend. Bogey’s Sports Bar, 281 West Riverside Drive, is part of the predicted commercialization of a once-quiet street that now will carry eastbound U.S. Highway 36 as…
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…
WINDSOR — All three builders in Hartford Homes’ 2,600-home Prairie Song development off Colorado Highway 257 in Windsor have been opening show homes in the past few months. Bridgewater Homes, Richmond American Homes and Century Communities are showing off model homes at the sprawling development, which eventually will include a lifestyle center, water park with…
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…
WINDSOR — The first home in Journey Homes’ new Ravina subdivision is expected to be completed Friday. The development on the southeast corner of Crossroads Boulevard and Weld County Road 17 will contain 229 single-family residential units, said Larry Buckendorf, a partner and general counsel at Journey Homes. “This is one of the last opportunities…
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…
ERIE — Using a $1 million grant from the state Department of Local Affairs, the town of Erie has approved construction of 35 income-restricted residences at the northeast corner of County Line Road and Cheesman Street. The Cheesman Affordable Homeownership Development, approved by the Erie Town Council on a 4-2 vote March 12, calls for…
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…
FORT COLLINS — The “hot” light is on in south Fort Collins, at least when it comes to construction of a long-awaited Krispy Kreme doughnut shop. Spokespersons at neighboring Appliance Factory and Zwei Brewing Co. confirmed that a construction fence was erected Tuesday at 4624 S. Mason St. and that work has begun on what…
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…