Blueprints
Building permits start the year up 150%
Single-family building in Northern Colorado is up by more than 150 percent so far in 2013 when compared to the first two months of 2012.Data from the U.S. Census Bureau show that in Larimer and Weld counties combined, the number of single-family permits has jumped from 271 in January and February of 2012 to 447 in the same months in 2013.The two...
Bucking the status quo
FORT COLLINS – At the Bucking Horse, a new residential development rising from the remains of the old Jessup Farm in eastern Fort Collins, healthy living is going to a whole new level, and that’s precisely what developer and Fort Collins city councilman Gino Campana says he intends.Fruit and vegetable trees will dot the property, along ...
New art center and tech building on tap
After four years of unprecedented growth, Front Range Community College will begin a $24 million renovation in Fort Collins, which will include a new art center and integrated technology building to house the school’s fastest-growing programs and nearly 10,000 students.The construction projects are a result of a master-planning process that...
Mulberry bridge to get $12 million upgrade
The Colorado Department of Transportation will spend $12 million in the coming months to raise a bridge near Mulberry Street and Lemay Avenue to accommodate floodplain clearances.The bridge will also be widened to include a bike lane and sidewalks.The work is part of CDOT’s Bridge Enterprise Project, which every year funds the improvements...
Euro-design arrives in college neighborhood
When it comes to getting your own pad in a college town, the stakes have been raised in Fort Collins—to a penthouse apartment with a rooftop hot tub overlooking campus. Campus Flats @ Ram’s Crossing, a new apartment complex at 908 West Lake Street is launching the concept of Europads: luxury flexible living spaces with all the...
Savvy young realtors “tweet” with the best
Pinterest was launched in 2010 as a cloud-based space to store and share users’ favorite photos. But it had barely been birthed before clever realtors figured out that they could use its search-engine capabilities to sell homes. “People who are on Pinterest are pinning things that interest them. If people follow you or you follow them...
