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Page 20 - May 3-16, 2023 www.crej.com Retail 3615–3625 W. Bowles Ave. Littleton, CO 80123 1,500 – 3,000 SF Available Peter Kapuranis ext. 103 Columbine Valley Shopping Center 8410 Wadsworth Blvd Arvada, CO 80003 1,000 SF Available Great Visibility High Traf c Counts Matt Landes - ext. 101 Wadsworth Arbor Shoppette The Bakken Building 6333 S. Racine Circle, Centennial, CO New construction industrial/ ex building Now pre-leasing! 3,500 to 29,000 square feet available Move in ready Spring, 2023 Drive in doors to all units, 14 foot clear heights Peter Kapuranis ext. 103 Zuni Industrial Park 1330 Zuni St. Denver, CO 80204 1,776 SF - 10,538 SF (5 Units) Great access at I-25 and 6th Ave. Matt Landes ext. 101 Westlake Plaza 1581 W. Eisenhower Blvd Loveland, CO 80538 1,101 Square Feet Available Anchored by Safeway Matt Landes ext. 101 Alameda Square 12790 – 12792 W. Alameda Parkway 1,400 SF Available Below Market Rents Peter Kapuranis ext. 103 J & B Building Company Call 303.741.6343 ext. 100 or visit our website: www.jandbbuilding.com by Avalon Jacka FORT COLLINS – McWhin- ney and Prism Places revealed preliminary design plans for the redevelopment of Foothills Mall at a community open house. Members of the McWhinney and Prism Places teams, along with the architects, met with the public and stakeholders to receive feedback on the ini- tial plans, which are rooted in the culture of Fort Collins. The goal of the project is to enhance the lifestyle of local residents with green open spaces, mod- ern design inspired by nature and dynamic retail, including food and beverage. Although the teams are still assembling comments from the open house, the verbal response was mostly positive, according to both Clyde Wood, vice president of commercial and mixed-use development at McWhinney, and Stenn Par- ton, president of Prism Places. “I think as developers that work on projects that we rec- ognize are really important to communities, it’s such an important part of the develop- ment process to take the time to listen to the community, get feedback, and be willing to stay curious through the devel- opment process to make sure that the direction that we’re taking has momentum with the community,” Parton said. The site, located at 215 E. Foothills Parkway, includes the enclosed mall, several freestanding single- and mult- itenant buildings and parking facilities. Wood noted that the 662,000 square feet of current retail space is too much for the market to support, so part of the redevelopment will involve rightsizing the amount of retail space with an approximate 30% reduction. The redevelopment plans include not only retail, but 750 residential units and 70,000 sf of Class A office space as well. The housing will include town- homes and apartments for sale and for rent at various price points. The current design plans feature a mix of ground-up construction and reskinning or recladding some existing buildings. McWhinney will set aggressive landfill conversion targets, Wood said, which will be bolstered by the adaptive reuse of current structures. Additional eco-goals for the project, though not officially set, will focus on the communi- ty, carbon footprint and water use of the project. Wood and Parton agreed the aesthetic of the overall design – which features natural mate- rials like wood, stone and grass and utilizes natural colors like greens and browns on industri- al materials – speaks authenti- cally to Fort Collins’ character. The current redesign concept involves some “rewilding” in the area, which includes bring- ing a greenbelt through the entire development and bring- ing the focus to pedestrians over cars. “It solves a much-needed housing need but creates a retail environment that is truly one of one,” Parton said. “It’s a place that when people see it, they’ll know it’s a place that represents Northern Colorado, it represents the Front Range and most importantly repre- sents Fort Collins.” McWhinney and Prism Places will use several archi- tects – including Michael Shu Office of Architecture, Shears Adkins Rockmore and Has- sell Studios – to give the area a feeling of an organic village with unique buildings but a common aesthetic, Wood said. “Foothills Mall has followed a fate that is similar to a lot of malls across America that have really struggled because of the way people shop now, and that was only accelerated during the pandemic,” said Wood. “So, our goal – and I think this is what we excel at, at McWhinney – is to cre- ate a new walkable, dynamic mixed-use urban-scale village on these 62 acres.” “I think the challenge, which is the mall space in general, is that retail has changed,” Parton said. “In a lot of these malls, the design was repli- cated across the country. But these communities are unique. Our goal with this is to create a project that uniquely repre- sents the community of Fort Collins and is a place that the community is proud of.” The mall was completely ren- ovated in 2014, but the interior of the mall failed to meet local expectations, Wood said. “I’m sure there are skep- tics out there who are saying, ‘Well, what’s different this time around?’” Wood noted. “Well, this time around what we are proposing is a funda- mentally different project, not Community feedback informs reimagined Foothills Mall The reimagined Foothills Mall will turn the traditional-style suburban mall into a dynamic, mixed-use walkable lifestyle district. Please see McWhinney, Page 24