Colorado Springs may soon see the construction of a new mixed-use development on the west side of the city.
The project belongs to the development company Mesa Land 1031 LLC and will see the transformation of a 29-acre site at the southeast corner of Centennial Boulevard and West Fillmore Street.
In rezoning plans now approved by members of the Colorado Springs City Council, the project is calling for a combination of multi-family housing and office space on some 13 acres of the site; with 8 acres left open for open space; and 7.7 acres for the construction of a church.
The project will go up just to the east of the Floyd K. Lindstrom Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic in the 3100 block of Centennial Boulevard.
In studying the rezoning request, councilman Brian Risley voiced his approval of a what is officially regarded as an infill project: “What I see now is an empty lot that isn’t serving our city in any form or fashion,” he remarked.
Last month a staff report submitted to the City Planning Commission determined that a rezoning of the property in question is “compatible with the surrounding mix of uses which consists of commercial, office, medical office, single family and multi-family.”
To be built in the Mesa Highlands section of Colorado Springs, the official final development plans for the project now need to go before the Planning Commission, with yet another city council meeting casting a final vote on the matter.
By Garry Boulard
