
Topping Off: The Lydian Apartments in Five Points
DENVER – Real estate development companies Confluence Companies and Palisade Partners are pleased to announce the topping-off of The Lydian, an eight-story mixed-use development at 26th and Welton, in downtown Denver’s historic Five Points neighborhood at 2560 Welton Street. The project, valued at $50 million, includes 129 apartment residences (with 22 of the units being affordable …

2nd Denver-Area IKEA Store Coming to Broomfield
View here Next spring, the Swedish retailing giant IKEA will begin construction of a 400,000-square-foot Broomfield store, to be built on 36 acres at the northwestern corner of Interstate 25 and State Highway 7. The new store will include 1,500 parking spaces, employ 500 people during the construction process and 300 when …

CSU Health Education Outreach Center Breaks Ground
Fort Collins, CO – Haselden Construction broke ground today on Colorado State University’s new Health Education Outreach Center (HEOC). Designed by Hord | Coplan | Macht and scheduled for completion at the end of 2018, the HEOC will house both a human gross anatomy lab and neuroanatomy lab, as well as virtual and …

Lakewood Proposal to Limit Housing Growth Challenged
View here According to the Denver Post, on Monday night, City leaders threw out a vote that would limit housing growth in Lakewood, after a resident filed a challenge about the legitimacy of a proposed citizen’s initiative behind the effort. The proposed ballot measure would cap annual housing growth at 1 …

Brighton’s Largest Industrial Development on its Way
Hyde Development and Mortenson are to build a a 1.8 million-square-foot, Class A industrial park to be called 76 Commerce Center, that when complete will be the largest industrial development in Brighton. The 122-acre site in Bromley Industrial Park is the largest speculative project to emerge in this growth corridor and is …

2424 Garden of the Gods Prepares to Unveil $3.5 Million in Capital Improvements
COLORADO SPRINGS – CBRE announced today, on behalf of Westside Investment Partners, Inc., that $3.5 million in capital improvements will be completed on one of the region’s prime office properties — 2424 Garden of the Gods Road in Colorado Springs. Upon its reopening, the former regional headquarters for MCI/Verizon will offer the largest block of …

ENR Mountain States Names Colorado’s Best Projects
DENVER — For the 17th year, ENR Mountain States announced the winners of its 2017 Best Projects competition across a seven-state region, which includes Utah, Idaho, Montana, Colorado, Wyoming, North Dakota and South Dakota. Projects will be covered in more detail in the October issue of ENR Mountain States, and the …

Investors and Developers See New Potential in Leadville
View here According to an article in the Denver Post, the small mountain town of Leadville, CO is seeing an influx of interest from second-home buyers, investors and developers, eager to take advantage of the sleepy mountain town’s low property prices. A Japanese investment group last summer spent $13.5 million …

Former East Colfax Strip Club to be Redeveloped
View here The City of Denver plans to purchase former strip club PT’s II – located at 8315 E. Colfax Ave., at the corner with Valentia Street — to redevelop the “neighborhood nuisance” into possible affordable housing. Once the city selects a developer later this year, the 7,500-square-foot building could be torn …

Historic Tammen Hall to Become Affordable Independent Senior Housing
DENVER – Saint Joseph Hospital today announced plans to redevelop historic Tammen Hall in partnership with project developer MGL Partners/Solvera Advisors, design-build partner The Neenan Company, and Saint Joseph’s parent organization, SCL Health. The building, located on the hospital’s campus at 1010 E 19th Avenue, will become affordable independent senior housing. The repurposed …