Author: RICH LADEN and BREANNA JENT The Gazette
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Soaring material costs create sticker shock for Colorado Springs homeowners, builders and contractors
Buying a home from a local builder? Hiring a remodeler to construct a backyard deck or finish your basement? Installing a wood privacy fence on your own? Grab your pocketbook and get ready to dig deeper than the hole for that new fence post. Skyrocketing building material costs over the last year — particularly for lumber…
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American Furniture Warehouse revives plan for Colorado Springs expansion
American Furniture Warehouse, one of Colorado’s largest furniture retailers, has revived a decade-old plan to add a second store on Colorado Springs’ fast-growing northeast side. The suburban Denver-based chain intends to construct a 355,000-square-foot showroom and warehouse on 25 acres southeast of Powers Boulevard and Woodmen Road, just west of Tutt Boulevard and Templeton Gap…
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American Furniture Warehouse revives plan for Colorado Springs expansion
American Furniture Warehouse, one of Colorado’s largest furniture retailers, has revived a decade-old plan to add a second store on Colorado Springs’ fast-growing northeast side. The suburban Denver-based chain intends to construct a 355,000-square-foot showroom and warehouse on 25 acres southeast of Powers Boulevard and Woodmen Road, just west of Tutt Boulevard and Templeton Gap…
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Burlington returns to north Colorado Springs with new department store
Burlington will make a comeback next month on Colorado Springs’ north side. The New Jersey-based retailer will open a department store May 28 at 7710 N. Academy Blvd. in the open-air Chapel Hills shopping center, which straddles the east and west sides of North Academy, according to Burlington’s website. Burlington had been an anchor for…
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Whataburger’s expansion in Colorado Springs includes new training center
A Whataburger franchisee bringing the iconic Texas-based hamburger chain to Colorado Springs also will open a training center as part of its plans to hire more than 100 employees for the debut of its first local restaurant this year. The addition of the training center will complement Whataburger’s expansion to the Springs. BurgerWorks of Lufkin,…
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Burlington returns to north Colorado Springs with new department store
Burlington will make a comeback next month on Colorado Springs’ north side. The New Jersey-based retailer will open a department store May 28 at 7710 N. Academy Blvd. in the open-air Chapel Hills shopping center, which straddles the east and west sides of North Academy, according to Burlington’s website. Burlington had been an anchor for…
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New hotel brand coming to Colorado Springs
A second hotel coming to Victory Ridge in northern Colorado Springs would be the first of its kind in the city. Shahford Hospitality, a partnership composed of developers in Denver and Omaha, Neb., plans to build a four-story 103-room Cambria Hotel & Suites in Victory Ridge, the 153-acre mixed-use project southeast of InterQuest and Voyager…
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Another month, another record for home prices in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs-area home prices ascended to record highs again last month, as a shortage of single-family homes for sale and a furious demand for housing combined to send prices soaring. “It’s a wild and crazy housing market,” said longtime real estate agent Harry Salzman of Salzman Real Estate Services and ERA Shields Real Estate. The…
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Chick-fil-A growing again in Colorado Springs
Chick-fil-A plans to demolish a free-standing retail building at the Citadel Crossing shopping center and replace it with a nearly 5,200-square-foot restaurant, as the fast-food chicken chain continues to grow its presence in Colorado Springs. A proposal submitted recently to city government planners by company representatives shows Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A intends to tear down a building…
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Colorado Springs restaurants raze and remodel, become new gems
One person’s trash is another person’s treasure. That’s true for garage sale bargain hunters and it’s true for restaurants. In an industry where competition is fierce, labor is tough to find and profit margins are razor thin, restaurant owners are on the lookout for attractive locations. It’s a choice that can help make or break…