Tag: development
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Affordable senior housing project envisions apartments, new senior center in southeast Colorado Springs
Developers are seeking an urban renewal designation to assist with project funding An affordable senior housing project planned for southeast Colorado Springs moved a step closer last week to receiving urban renewal designation. Denver-based developer Arrowleaf Development LLC plans to build 157 affordable senior housing units and a senior center near the intersection of Zebulon Drive…
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Colorado Springs City Council approves Elevate Downtown plan guiding area’s future investment
The Colorado Springs City Council on Tuesday approved a new document that will guide downtown’s continued development and future investment for the next decade and beyond. The council voted 8-1 to approve the Elevate Downtown plan, with Councilmember Dave Donelson opposed. The 230-page document is a strategic update to the city’s 2016 Experience Downtown Plan…
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Dillenschneider extends 30-year appointment
March 24 was a good day to be Wendy Dillenschneider. Reappointed to a three-year term on the Teller County Planning Commission, Dillenschneider continues her service on the commission as she has for the past 30 years. “We all respect Wendy and very much value her contributions,” said Commissioner Dan Williams, speaking at the commissioners’…
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Federal judge dismisses developer’s challenge to Denver affordable housing ordinances
A federal judge dismissed a homebuilder’s constitutional challenge on Tuesday to a pair of Denver ordinances that impose obligations on developers related to the affordable housing demands created by new construction. Two related companies, redT Homes and redT Capital Partners, sued the city last year over the fees they would incur to construct six homes…
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More Chick-fil-A coming to the Colorado Springs area, including a first-of-its-kind local build
Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A is targeting expansion in Cimarron Hills on Colorado Springs’ eastern edge. The fast-food chain known for its chicken sandwiches and waffle fries proposes building a 2,714-square-foot, drive-thru-only restaurant inside the Powers Center at the southeast corner of Palmer Park and Powers boulevards, according to planning documents submitted with the El Paso County Planning…
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Proposed Union Printers Home makeover clears key step toward urban renewal designation
Developers who proposed the momentous overhaul of Colorado Springs’ historic Union Printers Home cleared a key step toward earning urban renewal designation for the property on Wednesday. At its regular monthly meeting, the city’s Urban Renewal Authority accepted a conditions study of the roughly 26-acre property, conducted last April, that determined it is blighted. Wednesday’s…
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Monument approves 150-home subdivision
The Monument Town Council unanimously approved a Final Planned Unit Development for 158 single-family detached homes along Old Denver Road at its Dec. 15 meeting. The project would realign Old Denver Road and include trail connections for the Santa Fe Regional Trail. The 23-acre subdivision will occupy a long, thin strip of land, with a…
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Monument approves 150-home subdivision
On Monday, the Monument Town Council unanimously approved a Final Planned Unit Development for 158 single-family detached homes along Old Denver Road. The project would realign Old Denver Road and include trail connections for the Santa Fe Regional Trail. The 23-acre subdivision will occupy a long, thin strip of land, with a density of 6.89…
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High rises? Public bathrooms? Rough draft of downtown master plan lays out the new priorities
A plan being finished by the Downtown Partnership over the next month lays out a new focus to guide improvements in downtown Colorado Springs during the next decade. The Experience Downtown Master Plan is receiving its first update since 2016. After a year of public surveys and conversations with local businesses, the partnership gave a…
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School District 49 begins exploring eastward expansions
As School District 49 continues to expand eastward, leadership has begun discussing how it might build on its existing schools and programs to meet their projected needs. Consolidating the existing Falcon Elementary School of Technology and Bennett Ranch Elementary Schools to a single building and selling existing properties along Woodmen Road to go toward developing…