CeDAR Facility Includes Residential Treatment Option

The University of Colorado Hospital's Center for Dependency, Addiction & Rehabilitation opened in late October.

Located on the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center campus at Fitzsimons, CeDAR is the only premier residential addiction treatment facility in the Rocky Mountain region. It operates in collaboration with the Betty Ford Center, one of the country's most successful and well-known residential treatment facilities.

The 50-bed facility includes two residential treatment cottages, an assessment/detoxification building, fitness and family center, the Lori Wolf House (formally the General's House) and an administrative building.

CeDAR was designed by Anderson Mason Dale; Pinkard Construction Co. was the construction manager and general contractor. Ground was broken on the project last fall.

Mountain States Construction Wins Spate of New Projects

Mountain States Construction Co. has been awarded several new projects, including the Wray State Bank, a 8,123-sq-ft, one-story bank building designed by Dauer Haswell Architecture.

Other new projects include:

• Design-build of an 8,900-sq-ft, one-story child care center in Brighton, scheduled for completion in May 2006.
• Design-build for three dental practices totaling 5,700-sq-ft at Eastridge Medical Office Building in Highlands Ranch.
• Remodel of an 11,000-sq-ft Family Dollar Store in Pueblo; completion is scheduled this month.
• Construction of a new 9,180-sq-ft Family Dollar Store in Brighton, set to finish in February.
• Construction of The Point at Metzler Ranch in Castle Rock, a design-build project consisting of a 20,000-sq-ft, two-story building with medical office condominiums.
  
  Completion is set for July 1, 2006.
  

White Construction Completes Clinic Addition, Academy

Castle Rock-based White Construction Group finished work on the $1.7 million East Morgan County Hospital Clinic building addition in Brush.

The architect for the 10,000-sq-ft, design-build project is Klump Brinkley Architecture in Golden.

This is the fourth project White Construction Group has completed for Banner Health.
White Construction also finished the $2.1 million Renaissance Academy, a design-build project in northwest Colorado Springs.

The 13,900-sq-ft, post-modern building includes a main entry with a compass rose featuring tiles made by the students, vibrant classroom colors and high ceilings with arches offering an open and spacious feeling and numerous visual wayfinding components.

Bahr Vermeer Haecker Architects in Colorado Springs designed the new school.

Taylor Kohrs Selected for Crown Point Offices

Taylor Kohrs LLC will build the Crown Point Professional Offices in Parker, a 30,000-sq-ft facility that will provide medical office space to a quickly expanding sector of the southwest suburban market.

Larkridge First to Open in North Metro I-25 Corridor

Larkridge, a 240-acre, $135 million retail development, opened in October in Thornton. Larkridge is one of Colorado's largest retail projects to be built in recent years and the site of the state's first Sears Grand.

The 240-acre, $135 million retail development is the first to open in the north I-25 corridor. The site is located at the nexus of I-25 and Highway 7, near the recently completed E-470/Northwest Parkway. Larkridge can accommodate more than two million sq ft of retail space, ensuring additional development in the future.

The project team includes developer Jordon Perlmutter & Co., MCG Architecture and Matrix Design Group.

Southlands 'Power Center' Opens in Aurora

Alberta Development Partners LLC celebrated grand opening in October of the second phase of Southlands in Aurora.

The "power center" at Southlands totals 350,000 sq ft. With its opening, Southlands is now 50 percent complete, with 650,000 sq ft of Main Street retail and office space under construction and scheduled to open next fall.

Spanning 301 acres, Southlands is a 1.7 million-sq-ft, mixed-use retail destination that includes elements of a lifestyle entertainment town center and a super regional power center.

Ground was broken in late fall on the final phase of the project, Main Street, slated to open next fall. Considered the heart of the development, it will combine a movie theater, several locally owned and national retailers and restaurants and a number of retail boutiques with a variety of lifestyle-oriented activities in an outdoor retail setting.

Maxwell Builders Wins Tenant Finish Contract

Maxwell Builders Inc. was awarded the tenant finish contract for a new JoAnn's Fabric store in Loveland.The 35,000-sq-ft store was scheduled to start construction in November, and completion is expected in January.

Maxwell Builders recently completed construction of the 65,000-sq-ft Dick's Sporting Goods at The Promenade Shops at Centerra, also in Loveland.

CTL/Thompson Solves Silt Problem at Retail Center

The Fort Collins branch of CTL/Thompson provided construction materials testing and observations for a new 31,000-sq-ft retail center located on the southeast corner of Mulberry and Timberline in Fort Collins. The project broke ground the first week of August.

During the construction materials testing and observations process, CTL/T found silt that was unsuitable for foundation-bearing material. Firm professionals recommended that the material be sub-excavated and replaced with engineered fill. They also recommended fly-ash or portland cement stabilization below the pavement. This solution helped to develop the site without importing materials.

The design team for the project includes architect SEM and general contractor Golden Triangle Construction. The property is owned by MFP Fort Collins LLC.

Taylor Kohrs Building New Shopping Center in Dacono

Taylor Kohrs is building the new 85,000-sq-ft Furniture Row Shopping Center in Dacono.

The center will include nearly 60,000 sq ft of showroom and 25,000 sq ft of warehouse space for the company's lines of stores, including Oak Express, Bedroom Expressions, Denver Mattress and Sofa Mart.

The center is located 20 miles north of Denver, situated in the southwest corner of Weld County. Preliminary phases of construction began this fall.

Schenck Elementary Expansion Completed

Students, staff and neighbors of Denver Public Schools' Schenck Elementary School celebrated the dedication this fall of the school's expansion and renovation.

Designed by Wong Strauch Architects, the $3.5 million project consists of a nine-classroom addition and remodel of the existing structure. Other project participants were GPD Land Design, Anderson & Hastings, Peak Engineering, Abeyta Engineering and Corey Engineering. Bassett & Associates Inc. was the general contractor.

Designed to become an icon for neighborhood activities rather than just an addition matching a 40-year-old building, the new two-level structure contains 16,500 sq ft of classroom space.

The new building was set at a 30-degree angle from the parallel lines of the existing L-shaped school, a configuration that creates a courtyard suitable for special events and sets the new building apart from the existing one. A second-level bridge connects the two facilities while keeping the ground-level circulation and flow of the landscape.

Nunn Construction Completes Four Projects

Nunn Construction Inc. completed the following projects:

• The Woodland Park High School addition and renovation project. Designed by LKA Partners Inc., the $15.4 million project included several phases of major additions and renovations coordinated around the high school, which was in full operation during construction.
• Renovation and addition of electrical and mechanical systems to the Qwest "gatehouse" in Colorado Springs. Kenney Architects designed the project.
• The new 42,000-sq-ft Peyton High School in El Paso County, designed by LKA Partners Inc. Prime subcontractors included Riviera Electric, Mesa Plumbing, Central States Roofing and Stresscon.
• The Harrison School District No. 2's new $10.5 million Mountain Vista Community School, serving K-8 students in the Spring Creek area. CRP was the project architect for the 95,400-sq-ft, state-of-the-art facility. Major subcontractors included West Electric Group, Perkey Steel, Midwest Drywall Co. Inc., Central States Roofing and Bochnak Mechanical Inc.
  

Fentress Bradburn Will Design Santa Fe Facility

Denver's Fentress Bradburn Architects and Spears Architects of Santa Fe won a national competition to design the new $54 million Santa Fe Civic Center, which will replace the city's aging Sweeney Center.

The firm's design for the 72,500-sq-ft facility exemplifies the traditional architecture of the Southwest, featuring parapeted, textured adobe walls with softly rounded corners and desert earth colors.

Fentress Bradburn will work on the project with Santa Fe's Spear Architects.
Groundbreaking on the project is slated for next year; completion is set for 2007. REM + 3DI is the construction manager.

Construction Under Way on Fox Creek Village

Construction has begun on Fox Creek Village in Steamboat Springs.

Located on Hilltop Parkway South, the $4.1 million project consists of five 6-unit buildings totaling 34,675 sq ft. Fox Creek Village is one of several affordable housing developments that the Yampa Valley Housing Authority is building in Steamboat Springs.

Drahota Inc. is the general contractor. The architect is Eric Smith and Associates. The project is slated for completion next summer.

Ground Broken on New Arvada Elementary School

Ground was broken in October for the new Al Meiklejohn Elementary School, located in the award-winning Five Parks community in northwest Arvada.

Saunders Construction is the general contractor for the 68,000-sq-ft project, scheduled for completion in July 2006.

SlaterPaull Architects designed the school to provide abundant natural daylight, requiring artificial light to supplement spaces only during the mornings and on cloudy days.

Art Enhances New Townhomes at Stapleton

The Artisan Plazas townhomes opened this fall at Stapleton, featuring an "outdoor art gallery" that highlights the work of Denver-area artists.

The newest design at Stapleton by Wonderland Homes, Artisan Plazas features 60 townhomes set among "art courtyards" with changing displays of works by local artists. The first three of five planned courtyards will feature steel and bronze sculptures by local artists Kevin Robb, Will Clift and Reno Carollo. Art pieces are available for sale and will be changed on a regular basis.

At Artisan Plazas, project architect DTJ Design of Boulder was inspired by the architecture of Mediterranean coastal towns. The art courtyards complement Stapleton's $2.75 million public art master plan, which will place large works of public art at key sites throughout the community.

Medical Center of the Rockies Tops Out

J.E. Dunn Construction and the Medical Center of the Rockies team celebrated the project's topping out in October. J.E. Dunn is working with The Neenan Co. of Fort Collins to build the $130 million project in Loveland. The hospital was designed by HLM Design-Heery International Inc. and sits on a 91-acre campus at the northwest corner of Interstate 25 and U.S. Highway 34.

KB Home Plans 106-Acre Development in Longmont

KB Home will build a new 106-acre community east of South Main Street and south of Highway 119 in Longmont. Harvest Junction is an approximately 450-house development that will feature tree-lined streets with new Craftsman-style homes. It will contain 212 single-family homes, 120 paired homes and 118 townhomes.

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