Reviving downtown character goal of latest Coburn projects

BOULDER ? Coburn Development has two new projects on the Pearl Street Mall, Century and 12 Maples. Both developments are mixed use, combining commercial with residential.

Century includes the restoration of the 1901 Carey Hotel for use as residential units. The hotel was part of the building Coburn purchased from Old World Lighting at 18th and Pearl streets last July, said John A. Koval, vice president of Coburn.

Coburn demolished the front portion of the building, which had been built in the 1950s and 1960s, and kept the hotel, which was located at the rear of the building and had been…