Urban Land Institute hosting conference on NoCo development projects

FORT COLLINS — The Urban Land Institute Colorado is presenting a conference later this month titled True North: Innovation, Preservation, P3 & Infill that will focus on real-estate development projects in Loveland, Longmont and Fort Collins.

The conference will be from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday, June 25, at 420 Linden St.

Developers and public officials will talk about more than a dozen significant projects in the three cities, including Block One, a new mixed-use headquarters of Encompass Technologies LLP in Fort Collins’ River District, Woodward Inc.’s corporate headquarters in Fort Collins that is under construction, redevelopment of shopping malls in Fort Collins and Longmont, ArtSpace in historic downtown Loveland, boutique hotel planned for Old Town Fort Collins, and the redevelopment of the site of the former Butterball turkey processing plant in Longmont into residential and retail uses.

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Featured speakers and panelists for breakout sessions include Rich Button with Colorado State University’s Everitt Real Estate Center; Troy McWhinney, McWhinney Real Estate Services; Kevin Brinkman, Brinkman Partners; Allen Ginsborg, Newmark Merrill Mountain States; Stu MacMillan, Bohemian Cos.; Bryan McFarland, Alberta Development; Steve Schroyer, Blue Ocean Enterprises; and Clay Benson, Mortenson Construction.

Topics of breakout sessions are:

Downtowns: Panelists will discuss co-working office space, residential and hotel development, which is either planned or under way in downtown Fort Collins and Longmont.

The River District: Panelists will provide information about development within the River District, including Block One, Mill House and the Feeders Supply historical renovation, Blue Ocean’s mixed use project and Confluence.

Innovation: Panelists will discuss growing technology and innovations industries, collaborative tech working spaces, Rocky Mountain Innosphere, FortZED Net Zero, Galvanize FoCo and CSU Engines Lab and Power House.

Public Private Partnerships: Panelists will discuss how public-private partnerships are reshaping downtown and urban renewal districts in Northern Colorado, plus how public-private deals came together in Longmont, Loveland and Fort Collins.

For more information about the conference, ticket prices and to register, go online and click on events.