Plans brewing for Agilent campus?

LOVELAND – The empty parking lot, slashed with weed-sprouting cracks, remains a haunting reminder of the thousands of jobs gained and lost by the tech boom-and-bust’s impact on Hewlett-Packard Co. and Agilent Technologies Inc. – and the city of Loveland.

The multi-building campus has been empty for four years, on the market but not moving, as several promising deals have fallen through over the years. For city and economic development officials, its vacancy is a disappointment of massive proportions. In early August, Agilent sent a consultant from New York to Loveland, raising hopes that the company might have…