Work could begin early next year on the building of a 7-story structure in Colorado Springs that will include 400 residential units and site creek and trail amenities.
The Creekwalk Apartments will go up on a mostly vacant 4.5-acre site near E. St. Elmo Avenue and E. Ramona Avenue on the south side of the city. The project, which has now won the approval of the Colorado Springs City Council, will also include space for nearly 550 vehicles within an internal parking structure.
The developer has additionally agreed to build a pedestrian bridge spanning the nearby historic Cheyenne Creek, which cuts through the city in a general north to southwest direction.
The apartment site falls within the boundaries of the city’s Creekwalk Redevelopment Concept Plan which focuses on renewal efforts in a part of the city dotted by older retail development.
The project belongs to the Colorado Springs-based developer Creekwalk North LLC and has been the subject of at least one public input meeting.
Comments regarding the project have complained about its height, although two other residential complexes of equal and greater height exist within the vicinity.
City documents define the Creekwalk Apartments project as one that will “serve as a buffer between lower density residential and higher intensity commercial corridor.”
By Garry Boulard
