The Orchard at Westminster/UNM Children's Hospital/St. Mary Corwin Topping Out

The Orchard at Westminster will include 1 million sq ft of outdoor, fashion-oriented retail, including big boxes, department stores and smaller, upscale retailers, located on 215 acres on the northwest corner of I-25 and 144th Avenue.

Site Plans Unveiled for The Orchard at Westminster

Forest City West reached a final agreement with the city of Westminster in December to create a Main Street-style shopping venue called The Orchard at Westminster along the north I-25 corridor.

The project will include 1 million sq ft of outdoor, fashion-oriented retail, including big boxes, department stores and smaller, upscale retailers. Located on 215 acres on the northwest corner of I-25 and 144th Avenue, south of the E-470 and the Northwest Parkway beltway, the project will also include 500 housing units and office space.

JC Penney, Foley's and a 12-screen AMC Theatres are among the first tenants to be named.

Construction will begin in April, with the opening planned for October 2006.

The approval of the intergovernmental agreement to build an interchange at 144th Avenue and I-25, signed in November between the cities of Thornton and Westminster, paved the way for the final step in the development of The Orchard at Westminster.

The schedule for the interchange will coordinate with construction of the lifestyle center.

J.E. Dunn Breaks Ground on UNM Hospital Expansion

J.E. Dunn Construction Rocky Mountain Region, in a joint venture with Jaynes Corp. of New Mexico, broke ground in late fall on the University of New Mexico Children's Hospital and Critical Care Pavilion project in Albuquerque.

The six-story, 500,000-sq-ft building will house a neonatal intensive care unit; children's and adult emergency departments; urgent care and trauma; adult critical care; women's birthing center; postpartum services and a well-baby nursery. Support services will include a pharmacy, gift shop, meditation room, food court and respiratory therapy.

The design team of Design Collaborative Southwest Architects Inc., architect; and Perkins and Will, consulting architect has created a complex suitable for present and future medical technology and major diagnostic and treatment services with an emphasis on contemporary "healing" inpatient environments.

Bleeker & Vigesaa Completes New Ted's

Brighton-based Bleeker & Vigesaa LLC has completed construction of the Ted's Montana Grill Restaurant in Westminster.

The $1.2 Million, 150-seat restaurant is the fifth Ted's Montana Grill located in the Denver area. Its construction marks the first time the restaurant chain has used a local contractor instead of the national firm that has built more than 30 location throughout the country.

McStain Building New Homes at Belmar

McStain Neighborhoods is now offering homes in Belmar - a 103-acre, prime infill development at South Wadsworth Boulevard and West Alameda Avenue - Lakewood's new downtown neighborhood.

McStain is building 132 row houses ranging from two- to five-bedrooms and 1,400 to 2,200 sq ft.

About half of the homes will feature penthouses with roof top decks. Prices will start from the high-$200s.

Jesus Orozco, who worked at both Lowry in Denver and Broadlands in Broomfield before transferring to Belmar, is the sales consultant.

St. Mary Corwin Project Tops Out

A topping-out ceremony for the new $46 million St. Mary Corwin Hospital Tower Expansion in Pueblo took place in late fall.

Pueblo's H. W. Houston Construction Co. is the general contractor for the project, designed by RTA Architects of Colorado Springs.

The hospital will feature 221,000 sq ft of new space, including a new cancer center, emergency department, diagnostics area, outpatient surgery suite, intensive care department, front entry and patient beds.

The tower will also feature a helipad on the roof with direct elevator access to the emergency room.

GTC Breaks Ground on Hajek Chevrolet

Golden Triangle Construction of Longmont has started construction on the new Hajek Chevrolet auto dealership in Longmont.

Designed by Longmont's Moore & Bishton Architects, the 32,800-sq-ft building will have complete sales, parts and service facilities on a 5.5-acre site with dramatic mountain views. Primary exterior materials include concrete tilt-up panels, stone cladding, high-performance glazing and metal roofing. The project is expected to be finished in May.

Golden Triangle Construction was also awarded two more First Bank projects in Firestone and at Rigden Farms in Fort Collins.

Designed by Davis Partnership, the new buildings are prototypical masonry buildings in keeping with the series of bank projects that GTC and Davis Partnership have completed for First Bank.

Colarelli Construction Completes Two BankWest Projects

Colarelli Construction recently completed two projects for BankWest in Colorado Springs and Denver.

The general contractor worked with burkettdesign on both the 15,000-sq-ft Colorado Springs branch and the 7,000-sq-ft Denver branch.

White Tapped for Saddle Rock Project

White Construction Group has been commissioned to construct four buildings for the Saddle Rock South Marketplace includes in Aurora.

Although contemporary, the buildings were designed by architect Suzette Emerson of SEE Architecture in Denver to mirror existing building standards within the Saddle Rock development.

The project includes interior work a clubhouse, which will feature vaulted ceilings, a fireplace and standard finishes such as paint and carpeting. Interior tenant finish work will be completed on the retail businesses as leases are signed.

White will also build three retaining walls to accommodate land that slopes away to a nearby creek.

The project will be connected to the Saddle Rock Recreation Center - built by White in 2001 - through a series of sidewalks and landscaping. Completion is expected in April.

Krische Completes Burlington Medical Center

Krische Construction completed the exterior remodel and tenant finish of the Burlington Medical Center at the former location of Longmont Lanes.

The 23,000-sq-ft center houses three new tenants, including Delphi Management Services, Rocky Mountain Family Practice and the Colorado Center for Digestive Disorders.

The project developer was Kingpin Redevelopment LLC of Longmont.

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