Author: RICH LADEN and BREANNA JENT The Gazette
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What’s in a name? Colorado Springs’ Sunset Amphitheater to be rebranded in upcoming naming rights deal
The sun will set on the Sunset Amphitheater name, even before the new 8,000-seat outdoor music venue hosts its first concert in August on Colorado Springs’ north side. Notes Live, the Springs-based entertainment company that’s developing the amphitheater, plans to announce a naming rights deal with a nationally known partner, J.W. Roth, Notes Live’s founder…
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Brazilian-American steakhouse chain expanding to northern Colorado Springs
Texas de Brazil, a Brazilian-American steakhouse chain with restaurants in nearly two dozen states, will expand next year to Colorado Springs’ far north side. Dallas-based Texas de Brazil plans to open an 8,019-square-foot restaurant at Polaris Pointe, the mixed-use development southeast of Interstate 25 and North Gate Boulevard, according to a proposal submitted to city…
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Colorado Springs jumps to No. 3 in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Places to Live rankings
Colorado Springs vaulted to No. 3 in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Places to Live rankings for 2024-25 — earning a top spot, in large part, because of its desirability as a city to live. In the national publication’s annual best places list that was released Monday, Colorado Springs climbed six spots this year from its No. 9…
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New indoor pickleball complex with 24 courts planned at Colorado Springs mall
Pickleball is coming to the mall. Peak Pickleball, a 24-court complex that its owner says will be the nation’s largest privately owned, indoor pickleball facility, will take over the vacant Burlington department store at the Chapel Hills Mall, northeast of Academy and Briargate boulevards in northern Colorado Springs. Monument resident Scott Wilson, a former Dillon…
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Longtime coffee shop favorite to close in downtown Colorado Springs
A familiar coffee shop in downtown Colorado Springs will close this month after more than a quarter-century. The Perk Downtown Coffee & Tea House, which opened at 14 S. Tejon St. in May 1998 and originally was known as the Pikes Perk Coffee & Tea House, announced this week it will shut its doors at…
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Burlington to leave The Citadel mall and relocate nearby in Colorado Springs
Discount retailer Burlington will move out of The Citadel mall in Colorado Springs and return to the Citadel Crossing shopping center across the street, where it operated a store several years earlier. Burlington’s website shows it plans to open Oct. 18 at 545 N. Academy Blvd. at Citadel Crossing, which runs along the east side…
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One retailer’s closing will leave empty storefronts in Colorado Springs’ two enclosed malls
National retailer rue21, whose clothing and accessories targeted teens and young adults, is closing its stores at The Citadel and Chapel Hills malls in Colorado Springs as part of the chain’s bankruptcy filing and its decision to shut its more than 500 locations. The malls, which are owned by New York-based Namdar Realty Group, have…
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The height of controversy: Proposed 36-story high-rise in downtown Colorado Springs spurs views vs. vibrancy debate
Colorado Springs has never had much of a downtown skyline, at least, not by other cities’ standards. Call it more of a lowline. The 247-foot, 16-story Wells Fargo Tower that opened in 1990 is downtown’s tallest building and tallest in Colorado Springs history, city planning officials say. The First Bank and Colorado Square buildings and…
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Indoor water surfing facility eyed for Polaris Pointe area
Surf’s up — on Colorado Springs’ landlocked north side, of all places. Surf Shack, a planned, two-story 12,000-square-foot recreation center, would bring indoor water surfing to Polaris Pointe, the retail and commercial development southeast of Interstate 25 and North Gate Boulevard, according to a proposal submitted to city government officials. As envisioned, Surf Shack would…
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Proposed 36-story apartment tower in Colorado Springs: 7 things to know
Here’s a closer look at the proposed high-rise apartment building in Colorado Springs. • In November, The O’Neil Group, a local private equity group, and VeLa Development Partners, a Kansas City, Mo., high-rise, multifamily developer, submitted plans to the Colorado Springs Urban Renewal Authority that proposed a 36-story, 497-unit apartment building, which would be constructed on…