Historic nursery expanding to Lafayette

BOULDER – An historic nursery school in Boulder has purchased property in Lafayette with plans to open a new day-care center.

The Boulder Day Nursery Association paid $333,200 recently to acquire 2.5 acres of land and a building in the Westgate Office Park, which is located at the northwest corner of South Boulder Road and Cimarron Drive in Lafayette.

The association is the nonprofit that operates Boulder Day Nursery, an early education and day-care center. The nursery was founded in Boulder in 1917 and has been at 1518 Spruce St. since 1930. That nursery is to remain open.

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The expansion is likely to double the size of the operation, according to Steve Callander, executive director and chief executive. The nursery had 31 employees in 2011, and about 18 full-time employees are at the nursery daily. It had 106 students in the 2011 calendar year.

“There’s a very high need for high-quality, affordable care for lower-income working families. There’s not a lot of that anywhere, but especially in that area,” Callander said. “We’ve been looking forward to going out there for some time.”

The association plans to start building immediately and is hoping to have the building completed by August 2013, Callander said.

Money for the acquisition comes from $1.3 million the nursery has raised, and the association will continue its capital campaign, Callander said.

RMA Holdings Inc. was the prior owner. It was represented by Chris Ball, Jim Capecelatro and Mike Kboudi of Cassidy Turley Fuller Real Estate. Keith Kanemoto of Prudential Real Estate represented the buyer.