Loveland makes ACE official

LOVELAND – At a special meeting of the Loveland city council Thursday afternoon, staff from the Colorado Association for Manufacturing and Technology announced that the group has selected United Properties, a Minnesota-based developer with offices in Denver, to develop the Aerospace and Clean Energy Manufacturing and Innovation Center at the former Agilent Technologies site in Loveland.

The announcement officially confirms that the 167-acre campus will host the ACE park, which should house 70-plus companies and eventually create an estimated 10,000 jobs. Loveland Mayor Cecil Gutierrez thanked and welcomed CAMT and United Properties officials, who agreed that the city effectively wooed the…