McWHINNEY Announces First Multifamily Project in Longmont
Colorado‐based developer McWHINNEY has broken ground on Clovis Point, a highly-amenitized and strategically located multifamily project in Longmont.
The new Clovis Point lifestyle community will provide 208 modern apartment homes ranging in size from 560-square-foot studios to 1,252-square-foot three-bedroom residences. The 220,000-square-foot, three-story apartment development will also include a selection of 1,400-square-foot townhomes.
The first units are anticipated to be available Summer 2020. Clovis Point will bring the total number of apartments delivered by McWHINNEY in Colorado to more than 3,800 homes, with plans to bring an additional 2,000 units to the market in the near future.
The Clovis Point project site sits on just over eight acres, one acre of which will be devoted to open green space with planned outdoor amenities to include grills, fire pits, entertainment space, a pool and spa, central green/park space, an alpine pond, a family play area and a dog park. The community’s indoor amenities will be concentrated in an alpine-inspired, 2-story clubhouse building to include mail pickup with parcel lockers, a community kitchen, multiple lounge spaces that include a 360-degree vapor fireplace, a library, coworking spaces, Fitness on DemandTM and yoga.
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State-of-the-Art Sleep Disorder Center Opens in Longmont
The Colorado Sleep Institute recently opened its flagship center in Longmont. The 22,000-square-foot, two-story medical facility within the busy Longmont Business Center at 1630 Dry Creek Drive, was built by Brinkman Construction. It includes six exam rooms, four sleep rooms, three testing rooms, a staff lounge, a large conference room and several administration offices.
The center is designed to treat individuals with sleep disorders utilizing an integrated team approach. In addition to evaluation, testing and treatments, the Colorado Sleep Institute also conducts academic and clinical research to increase knowledge about patients with sleep problems and guide healthcare decisions, as well as provide patients access to new therapeutic approaches.
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Blue Federal Credit Union Breaks Ground on HQ at Cole Shopping Center
Blue Federal Credit Union staff broke ground on the organization’s new Cole Shopping Center headquarters Saturday, celebrating with live music and fireworks.
Dozens of regional business leaders, Blue members and neighborhood residents said the campus-style facility, now officially under construction, will dramatically improve the vacant space at Pershing Boulevard and Converse Avenue.
“This is a gigantic blight right in the center of our city,” said Cheyenne City Councilman Rocky Case. “The positive economic impact we are going to have from this project is not only short term from construction, but long term from the jobs that are going to come here. This is a huge win."
Representatives announced plans to redevelop the Cole Shopping Center in November, demolishing existing infrastructure to build the group’s first and only corporate headquarters. The main building will house approximately 170 employees, with a 400-person capacity as the company grows. Existing office employees now dispersed among local branches will move to the new location.
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Brinkman Construction Recognized As Fastest Growing Company At 2019 Northern Colorado Mercury 100
BizWest celebrated Northern Colorado’s fastest growing companies Wednesday evening at the 2019 Mercury 100 awards.
Companies on the Mercury 100 list are ranked by percentage revenue growth over a two-year period. Construction and real estate companies by category make up 40 percent of the companies recognized.
The list includes five “flights” with the highest revenue earners in flight one. Brinkman Construction was named a fasted growing company in Flight 1 with a 50% revenue growth.
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Dave Maddocks Promoted to Director of Finance and Accounting
Dave Maddocks was recently promoted to Director of Finance and Accounting for Brinkman Construction.
Dave holds a master’s and bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of Northern Colorado.
Dave spent the first part of his career in public accounting and auditing for government institutions before joining Brinkman Construction to lead the company’s accounting team in financial analysis and budgeting.
In his new position as Director of Finance and Accounting, Dave will lead forecasting and financial analysis, as well as implementing programs to increase financial literacy across the organization and maximize return on financial assets by improving financial policies, procedures, controls, and reporting systems.
Modern Traveler-Focused Hotel Breaks Ground in Westminster
Developer Brinkman and Colmena Group just broke ground on aLoft at The Orchard Town Center in Westminster, Colo. The limited-service hotel with 120 guest rooms includes an outdoor pool, spa, full-service bar, meeting space, business center and fitness facility.
Amenities of the five-story, 67,000 SF hotel include flexible in-room layouts, a bar with live music from local and emerging artists, 24/7 snack and drink shop and high-tech capabilities like service requests straight from your smart phone.
The hotel is located within the Orchard Town Center which is an open-air shopping, dining and entertainment destination. The Center features numerous restaurants, an AMC theater, 300 multi-family units, REI and Lifetime Fitness center. It sits directly north of the St. Anthony North Health Campus, west of the Amazon Fulfillment center and northwest of the Denver Premium Outlets.
aLoft Hotels, a Marriott flag, has 140 hotels across 20 countries and five continents. With the tagline, “where travel breaks the mold,” this line of boutique hotels caters to the next generation of travelers with its urban, modern design and social experience at an affordable price.
This is the seventh project Brinkman and Colmena have partnered on and the second Marriott product. They will be delivering a TownPlace Suites by Marriott in downtown Loveland’s The Foundry project.
Brinkman Construction is the general contractor and WORTHGROUP designed the project. Norris Design is handling the landscape architecture, Ware Malcomb is the civil engineer and Renascent Hospitality will be the hotel’s operator. UMB is providing financing for the project.
The $24 million aLoft is projecting a summer 2020 completion.
Construction Completed on Traditions at Colorado Springs
With a shortfall of affordable housing upwards of 20,000 units, it’s no surprise that Washington-based developer Inland Group chose Colorado Springs as the location for their newest affordable senior living community, Traditions at Colorado Springs.
Brinkman Construction completed the four-story, 166,000 SF community. The complex includes 180 units consisting of studio, one- and two-bedrooms. Community amenities onsite include a community garden, dog park, fire pit, theater, craft room and library.
Apartment homes are being rented to seniors age 55 and older who earn less than 60 percent of the area median income adjusted for household size. In addition, eighteen of the units will be targeted at individuals whose income is less than half of the average median income.
The project utilized Low Income Housing Tax Credits which is a program through the federal government that provides dollar-for-dollar tax credits for investments in affordable housing. This program accounts for approximately 90% of all affordable rental housing in the U.S.
This marks the third project that Inland and Brinkman Construction have worked on together. Copper Stone in Lafayette will be completed next month and Affinity Fort Collins opened in 2017.
Brinkman Construction and Trade Partners Complete “Front Door of Community”
As Brinkman Construction continues its strategic growth, the company hasn’t outgrown the “small” projects.
Case in point: the new and improved Fort Collins Visitor Center at 1 Old Town Square. This fast-tracked project began in September and wrapped up less than two short months later with a fully customized build-out for Visit Fort Collins.
In addition to the condensed timeline, Visit Fort Collins completed this project with an extremely limited budget due to the donated time and materials from Brinkman Construction and their trade partners.
“We really felt that Visit Fort Collins was the front door of our community and by contributing to their success, it’s a win-win for all of us,” said Jim Ciesla, President and CEO of Brinkman Construction. “We thought we’d have to sell it to our subcontractors, but they not only came through with donated time and materials, but also mobilized immediately to meet our timeline. It was remarkable.”
The construction company launched a Special Projects Division in 2018 aimed at serving clients like Visit Fort Collins that are in need of tenant finish, renovation and core/shell services. These clients don’t have large-scale construction needs, but they want a high level of service and professionalism.
The new Fort Collins Visitor Center includes a fully customized interior design by VFLA and installations from local makers throughout the space. The focal point of the center is the seven by nine-foot interactive map on the wall created and installed by Reprographics that will be used to guide visitors to their destinations. The shelving, tables and signage throughout the space were also created by local makers including Wool Hat Furniture who utilized wood from the former Hughes Stadium to make the coffee table.
The trade partners included Air Comfort, Commercial Glass, Acoustics & Interiors, Maximum Painting, Masters Flooring, Distinctive Welding, and Merit Electric.
“This really has been quite the journey,” said Visit Fort Collins Director Cynthia Eichler. “We’re proud to have a fresh appearance to greet visitors and a new platform to tell the story of Fort Collins as we see it from the inside out.”
Strategic Expansion in Timnath Continues
The Town of Timnath is putting themselves on the map and emerging as the fastest-growing community by population percentage growth in Colorado. With a population that has nearly tripled in the last five years, it’s no surprise that real estate development is beginning to follow. As of last week, two pivotal developments within the Town of Timnath are officially underway – the Timnath Town Center building and Timnath Trails at Riverbend.
Construction on Lot Twenty Eight Begins
Project team members recently celebrated the groundbreaking of one of Denver’s newest adaptive reuse projects, LOT Twenty Eight. This redevelopment of a historic manufacturing plant is being developed by FORMATIV. Brinkman Construction is the general contractor on the project and OZ Architecture is the architect. LOT Twenty Eight delivers to Denver’s RiNo neighborhood in 2018.
New Greeley Memory Care Encourages Creating Moments from Memories
Project team members from Brinkman Construction, Lenity Architecture and Vista Pointe Development are celebrating the completion of the latest Northern Colorado memory care facility, Windsong at Northridge.
Oakridge Crossing Bridges Affordable Senior Housing Gap
Project team members from Brinkman Construction proudly handed over the keys to the newly completed Oakridge Crossing project, an affordable housing community in Fort Collins for seniors age 62 and up.