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WORDS Continued from page 15 Center – Academy and Palmer
Park Boulevard. WhirlyBall is
abandoned municipal dump more than a ride; it is a sport
and clay mines have been on where you play a mixture of
the town’s calendar for a num- basketball, hockey and lacrosse
ber of years for remediation. In while you navigate the court in
2013, the area was designated electric bumper cars. Games
as an Urban Renewal site, and last 10 minutes and are played
the town began seeking devel- by two teams of five carts each.
opers with the ability to deal The sport was developed back
with a major environmental in the 60s and has a couple of fa-
clean-up as well as a major development, both of which Citadel cilities in the Denver area already. Along with two 3,000 square
brings to the table. Following foot WhirlyBall courts, there will be 12 bowling lanes, food
several formal meetings with (pizza, burgers, sandwiches and salads) and craft beer, wine and
the Town Council, the devel- cocktails and, of course, widescreen sports TVs.
oper received the town’s bless-
ings to move forward at their The CVS drug store chain con-
April meeting which will be tinues to add to its growing
followed with another meet- presence in Colorado with a
ing on August 16 to outline
the costs, other financial matters, and any updates to the plan. third, freestanding facility to go
in at the site of the to-be demol-
The site is located on the southwest quadrant of I-25 and Plum ished ANB Bank building at the
Creek Parkway and circles past the new Miller Park recreation southeast corner of Academy
area. Development is currently planned to be in four stages Boulevard and North Carefree
spread over +10 years and will include a 250 hotel/conference Circle. The 13,113 square foot store will have the typical drive-
center, 232,000 square feet of retail and 480,000 square feet of through pharmacy and will sell limited groceries, household
office space (total 877,000 square feet) costing between $250 goods, health, beauty and personal care items. Having acquired
and $500 million. The site remediation is projected to cost the site for $2.5 million, the construction has just commenced
$12 million, and the infrastructure, which includes widening of and should take about four months to complete. CVS is already
Plum Creek Drive, and extension of Prairie Hawk Drive across considering a fourth site plus its new presence in Target via
the site is estimated at $56 million. Development of Miller’s its $2 billion purchase of their 1,700 pharmacies back in 2015.
Landing will clean up an environmental eyesore and help direct They may still be #2 to Walgreens, but they are trying!
development to the south side of town, which is about the only
direction left to go in the future. The new OLYMPIC MUSE-

UM is finally prepared to get un-
derway with a June 9th planned
ground breaking ceremony at
its Sierra Madre Street/Vermijo
Avenue location. The planned
60,000 square foot structure is
estimated to cost $75 million and will be a showcase of exhibits
and displays, a hall of fame, a theater, an exhibition hall and
The Riverwalk Development is underway with demolition for retail space. It is being paid for by a combination of $49 million
the first phase completed and major ground work underway. in private donations and $26 million in Urban Renewal bonds
Since the initial approval last September, a couple of changes which will be repaid by sales tax from the community. It has
include the addition of .03 acres to the site, allowing for some been a long uphill climb, but like the champions it recognizes,
minor architectural improvements, and the addition of a PE- a well-earned victory!
DESTRIAN BRIDGE across the park, assuming US Fish and
Wildlife approves same. CASTLE PINES – Following extensive ground work, the first
four model homes in Phase 1 of
PALMER LAKE – The large dirt pile growing at the southeast CASTLE PINES VALLEY (for-
corner of the lake is the beginning of the formation of the new merly Lagae Ranch) were started,
Palmer Lake soccer field. The dirt is being contributed by the and production homes will also
new industrial building being developed just north of the park. commence shortly. This is the
area highly visible from I-25 just
COLORADO SPRINGS – If you think the go-karts at the south of the Castle Pines Parkway.
Overdrive Raceway (near Bass Pro) are fun, then you are really Shea Homes is in the final stage of
going to like the new 30,000 square foot WHIRLYBALL com-
plex that is preparing to open at the old Rustic Hills Shopping Continued on page 18

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