Plans for Foothills Mall now visible on horizon

As Northern Colorado’s biggest, newest retail project prepares to welcome shoppers, another appears poised to announce a long-awaited expansion and update.

The two shopping centers will be getting plenty of attention in the next few weeks, with the opening of Loveland’s Promenade Shops at Centerra, and beyond with expansion plans at Foothills Mall in Fort Collins in the offing.

Northern Colorado’s daily newspapers are beginning to buzz with stories on the opening of the Promenade Shops, the open-air, “lifestyle” retail complex on the northeast quadrant of Interstate 25 and U.S. Highway 34.

One story in mid-September suggested the grand opening of the center,…