Front Range Village

An article which appeared today on the Birmingham news web site announced that two new anchors will join Lowe's and Target. The two new stores will be a Staples and a Sports Authority. The article also talked about the new library which will be a 16,000 square foot space in the "downtown area" of the new development.

Front Range Village is the new 100 acre site at E. Harmony and Zigler Rd. (Old Cty Rd 9) Ground breaking is scheduled for mid April at this time.

David Silverstein, a Bayer Properties principle, was quoted as saying about including a public building  "It just goes to show these types of venues are ever-changing,"  "If you can bring those kind of public services into the development, it's great."

Front Range Village will have 76,000 square feet of office space on the second floors of the downtown area, another very unique feature not found in other lifestyle shopping areas. The Village also has 900,000 square feet of retail space which makes it now the largest lifestyle center in the region surpassing it's southern neighbor The Promenade Shops located in Centerra at Loveland.  The cost of the development will exceed $120 million.

CMH Architects is the project architect and Michael Tillman of that firm stated the design will contain both the elements normally  found in lifestyle centers and will combine that with another unique feature the traditional architecture found in downtown Fort Collins.

Front Range Village is also being developed according to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, standards. The program encourages sustainable building practices and emphasizes the use of locally harvested and manufactured materials.

With each new project or addition to existing developments, Bayer tries to listen to shoppers and integrate their desires, such as more pedestrian-friendly features, Silverstein said.

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