Economy & Economic Development  August 21, 2015

New life flowing into Fort Collins River District

On the banks that bore a city, developers reimagine Old Town Fort Collins

Randy Shortridge with [Space] Foundry in Fort Collins discusses design points of Confluence, a residential, office and retail project planned for the heart of the River District in Fort Collins. Several developers are buying property within the district along the south bank of the Poudre River that was the center of the city when it was founded in the 1870s on the site of Camp Collins. Joel Blocker/For BizWest
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FORT COLLINS — A flurry of new urban development in Fort Collins’ River District is generating momentum to rehabilitate the area that once was Camp Collins, a military outpost established along the Poudre River in 1864, and by the 1870s had become the city’s center.

In ensuing years, the 17-acre area has been home to industrial and agriculture companies scattered throughout, anchored at the east end by the Ranch-Way Feed Mill, the oldest continuously running business in Fort Collins.

But now a few developers are acting on their passion to create a vibrant work/live/play neighborhood that…

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