September 28, 2012

1997 – Nike checked area out; Whole Foods moved in

BROOMFIELD — Nike came to Colorado in 1997, saying it was looking for a place to build a regional headquarters and manufacturing operation. The natural-foods industry found that home.

Nike, it was reported, wanted to expand in its hometown, Beaverton, Oregon, but had run into roadblocks. It said it was looking for 700 acres in Colorado to build a campus of more than 5 million square feet. Broomfield cobbled together land parcels totaling about 1,000 acres to show the company, and Jefferson County’s economic-development arm countered with an offer of 1,200 acres on South Table Mountain in Golden.

After months of dickering,…

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