Author: RICH LADEN and BREANNA JENT The Gazette
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Texas-based Buc-ee’s eyes site north of Colorado Springs for its next giant-sized travel center
Buc-ee’s, the Texas-based travel center chain with a cult-like following, plans to bring its popular beaver nuggets, dozens of fuel pumps and self-described world’s cleanest bathrooms to the Pikes Peak region, just north of Colorado Springs. A proposal submitted to the town of Palmer Lake, north of Colorado Springs, has started a process that could lead…
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Colorado Springs apartment complex sells for more than $100 million to out-of-state buyer
A Boston-area private equity firm paid $102.5 million for a Colorado Springs apartment complex, its second acquisition of a local apartment property this year, according to El Paso County land records. The deal signals that out-of-town investors remain bullish on the long-term prospects of the Springs’ multifamily market, one commercial real estate expert said, even…
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Edmondson steps down as Downtown Partnership president and CEO in Colorado Springs
Susan Edmondson, described by colleagues as a “tireless advocate” for downtown Colorado Springs, has stepped down as president and CEO of the Downtown Partnership after more than a decade. Edmondson cited health reasons for her resignation, according to a news release Monday from the Downtown Partnership, a nonprofit that works to ensure the area’s economic,…
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Former Independent Records site in Colorado Springs appears to have another new possible use
A vacant parcel along one of Colorado Springs’ busiest roadways has become a revolving door of land uses. Murphy USA, the Arkansas-based gas station and convenience store operator with a handful of Pikes Peak region locations, intends to build a 2,842-square-foot convenience store at 3020 and 3030 E. Platte Ave., a roughly 1-acre site between…
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Whataburger headed to the Falcon area — but there’s a hitch
Whataburger, the Texas-based burger chain that’s expanded aggressively since its Pikes Peak region debut in 2022, now has its sights set on Falcon, the fast-growing unincorporated area of El Paso County outside Colorado Springs — though it could be at least two years until the restaurant arrives. BurgerWorks Colorado, a franchisee that’s brought Whataburger to…
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End of an era: Cy’s Drive In closing in Colorado Springs after more than 70 years
After more than 70 years, Cy’s Drive In is closing in Colorado Springs — and Elvis is leaving the building. Cy’s, one of only a handful of 1950s-era drive-ins remaining in the Springs, will end its run when the west-side eatery at 1833 W. Uintah St. shutters at the end of October or in early November,…
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New use eyed for former Old Chicago restaurant on Colorado Springs’ north side
The site of a former Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom is slated to become home to a new Wells Fargo bank. Wells Fargo & Co., the San Francisco-based financial services giant whose website shows it has nearly a dozen bank locations in the Colorado Springs area, intends to demolish the Old Chicago restaurant building at…
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California family-style pizza chain expands to Colorado Springs
A family- and sports-oriented pizza chain with roots in California, but whose name seems to be a perfect fit for the Pikes Peak region, is expanding to Colorado Springs. Mountain Mike’s Pizza will open its first Springs location in November at 123 Spectrum Loop in the Polaris Pointe mixed-used development, southwest of North Gate Boulevard…
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Walgreens to close a second Colorado Springs store
Walgreens will close a longtime store next month at 3143 W. Colorado Ave. on Colorado Springs’ west side, the second location it’s shuttered in the area this year. The suburban Chicago-based Walgreens confirmed via email this week that it will close the Colorado Avenue store, near 31st Street and part of the Red Rock Canyon…
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Sinton Dairy manufacturing plant closing in Colorado Springs
The last vestiges of Sinton Dairy, one of the Pikes Peak region’s oldest businesses and whose roots date back to just after Colorado Springs was founded in 1871, will disappear from the city when a manufacturing plant that was the company’s centerpiece since the mid-1950s closes at year’s end. The parent company that owns Sinton…