Texas developer plans student apartments near University of Colorado
| | | | | |

Texas developer plans student apartments near University of Colorado

BOULDER — Boulder officials this week have an opportunity to review plans from a Texas developer to build a new student-housing complex at 1100 28th St. near the University of Colorado campus.  Austin, Texas-based LV Collective has submitted a proposal to redevelop the site — currently home to several small retail storefront, office spaces and…

Expansion begins at  Downtown Boulder Station bus hub
| | | | | | | | |

Expansion begins at  Downtown Boulder Station bus hub

BOULDER — Work began recently on an expansion project at the Downtown Boulder Station that the city said will “increase transit service capacity” and “improve route efficiency and the transit rider experience.” The expansion will add five new bus gates at the station, which serves travelers heading to other nearby Boulder County locations such as…

Hawthorn Court
| |

Boulder Housing Partners building Hawthorn Court affordable apartments

BOULDER — Boulder Housing Partners, the city’s public housing authority, broke ground this summer on the Hawthorn Court affordable apartment community, part of a broader redevelopment effort ongoing around the long-neglected Diagonal Plaza shopping-center site.  “Hawthorn’s 73 apartments will serve families earning between 30% and 60% of Area Median Income (AMI) as well as families…

Cottonwood Apartments
| | |

New building could be added to Cottonwood Apartments in Boulder

BOULDER — A new apartment building with 22 units is being planned for a portion of the parking lot in front of the Cottonwood Apartments complex in Boulder.  Rubicon Development LLC, an entity controlled by Michael Bosma, has submitted plans to the city that call for the construction of a new, three-story building adjacent to…

Limelight Boulder
| | |

Limelight hotel on CU Boulder campus half-built, mid-2025 opening eyed

BOULDER —  Limelight Hotel Boulder is more than halfway built, and its operators expect that the 252-room inn and conference center on the University of Colorado Boulder campus will be open by late summer or early fall 2025.  The hotel is expected to cost $130 million to build. Aspen Skiing Co.’s Aspen Hospitality division (formerly…

6400 Gunpark Render
| | |

Boulder Housing Partners plans Gunbarrel affordable-housing community

BOULDER — Boulder Housing Partners plans to add nearly 150 affordable-housing units in Boulder’s Gunbarrel neighborhood.  The housing authority is under contract to purchase nearly four acres on Gunpark Drive and Spine Road, where it has proposed building 23 townhomes in two buildings, 124 apartments in five buildings and one community building. “The townhomes are…

3300 Penrose Render
| |

Boulder Housing Partners plans affordable apartments at Geological Society of America site

BOULDER — Boulder Housing Partners has submitted plans for review by Boulder officials for a 113-unit, 100% permanently affordable apartment community with an onsite daycare center. The development is proposed for 3300 Penrose Place, the long-time home of the Geological Society of America. “The proposal includes pursuit of landmarking and repurposing of the original portion…

Pearl East Innovation Render
| | |

Pearl East Innovation Building advances through Boulder approval process

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…

1509 Arapahoe Render
| |

Smoothie restaurant site near Boulder High eyed for townhomes

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…

1855 S Flatiron Render2
| | |

Boulder planning officials urge Flatiron Park owner, developer to consider housing

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…