Tag: development
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Controversial Colorado Springs apartment development, Amara annexation each take steps forward
Plans to build thousands of homes on opposite sides of Colorado Springs – one project requiring more than 3,200 acres of sprawling prairie to first be annexed into the city – are one step closer to fruition. Arrowswest Apartments The board voted 7-2 Tuesday to recommend the City Council approve a request to rezone a…
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Amara annexation earns Colorado Springs Planning Commission support
Years-long plans to bring thousands of acres of sprawling prairie southeast of Colorado Springs into city boundaries and build up to 9,500 new homes inched forward Tuesday. In a 7-2 vote the planning commissioners supported La Plata Communities’ proposal to annex approximately 3,200 acres currently located in unincorporated El Paso County and surrounded on three…
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Amara annexation, contentious Colorado Springs apartment development on Planning Commission’s agenda Tuesday
The Colorado Springs Planning Commission on Tuesday will hear the proposed Amara annexation request as well as plans to build hundreds of apartments near Garden of the Gods Road, where previous concerns over emergency evacuations stopped a contentious apartment project in late 2021. The meeting begins at 9 a.m. at the Regional Development Center, 2880…
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Downtown Colorado Springs bucks regional and national trends, is thriving after COVID-19, report says
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Downtown Colorado Springs is bucking some regional and national trends — in a good way, according to the Downtown Partnership advocacy group. Unlike some cities that have struggled to bring back employees to their downtowns after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic four years ago,…
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Downtown Colorado Springs bucks regional and national trends, is thriving after COVID-19, report says
Office, retail and housing activity remain strong, according to the latest State of Downtown report
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Proposed annexation of 3,200 acres southeast of Colorado Springs moves toward Planning Commission
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Proposed plans years in the making to annex 3,200 acres southeast of Colorado Springs — previously thought to be stymied by a new city water requirement implemented in early 2023 — are expected to go before the Planning Commission next month. One Colorado Springs Utilities official, however,…
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Proposed annexation of 3,200 acres southeast of Colorado Springs moves toward Planning Commission
One Utilities official expresses concern about future capacity
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Rezoning in north Colorado Springs approved after debate, nearly 300 homes on the way
The Colorado Springs City Council on Tuesday approved plans to build hundreds of homes in the city’s north side on land once envisioned for a sports complex. Before the vote, neighbors who spoke for about an hour and a half again voiced concerns that additional housing in the area could impede emergency evacuations and overcrowd…
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Downtown Colorado Springs businesses displaced by fire ponder next steps after manager terminates leases
The property manager of a building in downtown Colorado Springs said he is terminating leases with business owners after an electrical fire inside the building Dec. 4. Slawek Pietraszek, managing director at New Vision Hotels, said Tuesday that he is releasing tenants from their leases in the Majestic Building, 3-15 E. Bijou St., which houses…
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Colorado justices deal blow to urban renewal authorities’ revenue
The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday sided with an interpretation of state law that will result in more revenue going to local governments from urban renewal zones and less money for the entities overseeing redevelopment of those areas. In a case arising from Arapahoe County, the court addressed the division of property tax revenue from…