Congress Park Neighbors Inc Representative to CBHD

The big news from the Colorado Boulevard Healthcare District (CBHD) meetings is, of course, that Wal-Mart is slated to become the anchor tenant of the 9th & Colorado redevelopment project. The news was formerly announced to the CBHD Board on June 13, and was followed by a public meeting on June 26. The news has brought mixed reactions – some good, some bad – although to judge by the reactions of 200+ people attending the public meeting, they are mostly negative.

Here’s a basic timeline for the project:

• 2004 – 2010: Shea Properties under contract to redevelop the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center at 9th & Colorado; develops zoning and General Development Plan (GDP) for the site
• 2008: University of Colorado moves to their new facilities on the Fitzsimmons campus
• February 2011: Shea Properties terminated their contract for redeveloping the 9th & Colorado site
• April 2011: Sembler Development, based in Florida and Georgia, announced they were under contract for the site. President Jeff Fuqua will oversee the project.
• Fall 2011: Amendments to the GDP were reviewed; the Site Development Plan and Urban Design Guidelines under development
• March 2012: Jeff Fuqua leaves Sembler Development to form his own company, Fuqua Development, retaining the 9th & Colorado project
• June 2012: Fuqua announces that Wal-Mart is on board as the anchor tenant

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