Tag: construction
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Two-month project begins on major Colorado Springs road
For the next six to eight weeks, work will be underway on Garden of the Gods Road west and east of Interstate 25. The west side of the project was scheduled to start on Monday and will make changes to the median to increase safety. The east side of the project, starting in November, will…
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Pikes Peak Regional Building Department sets a stable budget for 2026
While Colorado Springs and many other cities are dealing with tumultuous local budgets, the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department is expecting a fairly stable run into 2026. Building official Roger Lovell presented the department’s proposed budget to the Colorado Springs City Council during a Monday morning work session, which was very similar to its 2025…
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American Furniture Warehouse to open second Colorado Springs location
A second American Furniture Warehouse is no longer a possibility, it’s a certainty. The company, headquartered in suburban Denver and one of the largest furniture retailers in the state, got permits for a large warehouse and store, the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department shared across social media. It is planned to be about 345,000 square…
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North Shore Marina at Lake Pueblo State Park to be replaced, expanded
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Boaters at Lake Pueblo State Park can expect nearly 200 additional slips and a new general store when North Shore Marina is rebuilt during the next few years. Colorado Parks and Wildlife signed a 20-year contract with the marina’s operator, The O’Neil Group, for a…
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Gov. Jared Polis says Trump’s tariffs policy is disrupting Colorado’s exports, jobs
Kristi Burton-Brown: ‘If he wants to help businesses, he should stop increasing taxes on them and actually cut their taxes’
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Apartment construction slows after years of frenzied building in Colorado Springs
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The red-hot pace of Colorado Springs-area apartment construction turned ice cold last year. From 2019 to 2023, multifamily developers pulled permits to build just over 14,000 apartments in the Springs and surrounding El Paso County — one of the hottest stretches of local apartment construction in recent memory that averaged a little more than 2,800…
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Water main to be installed on Marksheffel Road, traffic impacts
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More than 18,000 feet of water main to be installed on Marksheffel Road, causing traffic impacts and delays between Peterson Space Force Base’s East Gate and Drennan Road starting Monday. Colorado Springs Utilities is spearheading the project, which hopes to improve water service reliability and…
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Showtime? Ford Amphitheater officials say new Colorado Springs music venue is ready for next week’s debut
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save With less than two weeks until pop band One Republic takes the stage Aug. 9 at the 8,000-seat Ford Amphitheater that’s under construction on Colorado Springs’ north side, the outdoor music venue isn’t quite ready for its first show. But it will be, its developer…
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Colorado Springs apartment rents slumped again in the first quarter, new report shows
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Colorado Springs apartment rents fell again in the first quarter and the area’s vacancy rate remained high, more signs that the local multifamily market is overbuilt, a new report suggests. And, expect those trends of softer rents and higher vacancies to continue unless the pace of absorption, or apartment occupancy, ramps up significantly, one of…
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Meeting future El Paso County road needs would cost $2.44 billion
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El Paso County would need $2.44 billion to build all the projects outlined in a new transportation plan nearing completion. The Major Transportation Corridors Plan outlines 20 years of projects for the community and helps guide the roadwork that El Paso County requires of developers putting in new neighborhoods. It also helps calculate the road…