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…
BROOMFIELD — The Broomfield City Council on March 12 will get a look at plans for a 16.8-acre, 363-unit luxury apartment community as part of the Vista Highlands development. The Garrett Cos., which is based in Greenwood, Indiana, and has an office in the Denver Tech Center, proposes to build the Vista Highlands West Multifamily…
FORT COLLINS — A 24,000-square-foot indoor sports facility, primarily to house basketball and volleyball, has gotten a green light from the Fort Collins Planning and Zoning Commission. Prospect Sports Club, approved Feb.15, will be located at 1600 E. Prospect Road, on the southwest corner of Prospect Road and Sharp Point Drive, and will include two…
BROOMFIELD — A 40-unit, affordable-housing apartment community to be developed by Broomfield Housing Alliance was approved by the Broomfield City Council this month. The Grove at Cottonwood, located on the 1300 block of Cottonwood Street in the Northmoor Estates subdivision, just north of the Bal Swan Children’s Center, will “prioritize the needs of our neighbors…
FORT COLLINS — Union Park has cleared its last hurdle after a years-long marathon. Union Park, Windsor-based Landmark Homes’ proposed development that will bring 603 residential units, some commercial space and a child-care center to southeast Fort Collins, gained unanimous approval Thursday night from the Fort Collins Planning and Zoning Commission, ending a debate over…
LOUISVILLE — Denver-based Live Forward Development plans a 135-unit apartment and townhome project near downtown Louisville that is expected to have onsite affordable housing. The development, referred to in city planning documents as Delo Boom, would be located on a nearly 4.5-acre site at 1301 Courtesy Road and 1390 Cannon St., the current home to…
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…
MEAD – Up to seven industrial buildings totaling 850,000 square feet are planned on a 55-acre tract southeast of the intersection of Interstate 25 and Colorado Highway 66 between Longmont and Platteville. Mark IV Capital, a 50-year-old private investment firm that is headquartered in Newport Beach, California and has an office in Broomfield, recently acquired…
JOHNSTOWN — CaliberCos Inc. (Nasdaq: CWD), an Arizona-based real estate developer and investment firm that has a significant footprint in Johnstown, recently sold a portion of its acreage in the town to Journey Homes LLC, which plans to build a 305-lot single-family home community on the site. Journey, according to Caliber, bought 80 acres around…
LOVELAND — A subdivision that eventually will include 451 housing units is finally taking shape on a tract nestled against the foothills on Loveland’s west side. Construction by Toll Brothers is under way in the first of two filings of Hunters Run West after years of planning and problems, said Loveland city planner Troy Bliss,…
SUPERIOR — Downtown Superior’s mixed-use Origin building, which is being developed now, has added several retail tenants over the past few months, most recently leasing space to Krak Boba. Most of Krak Boba’s existing locations are in Southern California; the Superior Krak Boba location will be the chain’s first in Colorado. Krak Boba, which serves…
MEAD — Greeting card company Leanin’ Tree Inc. has leased a large, new industrial space in Mead, where the firm will move its headquarters and production from its longtime home in Boulder’s Gunbarrel neighborhood. The new Leanin’ Tree headquarters is a nearly 110,000-square-foot space in the recently developed Elevation25 business campus at the southeast corner…
LOVELAND – A beverage-distribution company is nearly tripling its size in east Loveland. Georgia-based Eagle Rock Distribution Co. is adding 222,647 square feet to its existing 124,800-square-foot facility at 3800 Clydesdale Parkway, The property, east of Interstate 25 and southwest of the intersection of Crossroads Boulevard and Centerra Parkway, had been sold to Eagle Rock…