Mall work to close lanes on College Avenue

FORT COLLINS – Construction at Foothills Mall in Fort Collins will force several lane closures on College Avenue during June.

College Avenue will remain open to traffic, although lane restrictions will be in place on weekdays from roughly 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.; however, work may occur outside these times or on the weekends to expedite the project.

June 9-10: The western-most southbound lanes of College Avenue generally between West Monroe Drive to south of West Foothills Parkway will be closed during daylight hours while new curb-and-gutter is built.

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June 16-18: The eastern-most northbound lane of College Avenue roughly between Monroe Drive and Foothills Parkway will be closed during daylight hours for tree removal. As many as 235 trees will be removed from the Foothills Mall property for the next phase of the site’s redevelopment; some of those trees have already been removed.

Trees will be mulched and made available to a private contractor. About 300 new trees will be planted in place of the 235 trees that are being removed.

The two-year, $313 million mall project by owners and developers Walton Street Capital and Alberta Development Partners, is expected to be a catalyst for new development in the Midtown area and help address the mall’s sales-tax revenue. Net taxable sales at the mall have declined 61 percent over the last decade.

The redevelopment includes a $53 million public-assistance package through the Urban Renewal Authority. That includes an investment in city infrastructure, including a new Foothills Activity Center, and an underpass for pedestrians and bicycles under College Avenue that connects the mall to the Mason Street Corridor and the recently opened MAX Bus Rapid Transit.

Most recently, developers began demolition of the Youth Activity Center and are building scaffolding inside the mall so construction work can occur at night. Stores remain open; a portion of the mall has been closed permanently to allow for more outdoor community and gathering space.

Other construction updates:

The east entry of the main mall including children’s play area is closed. Demolition of that entrance is scheduled to begin the week of June 9.

The College Avenue entrance to the former Corner Bakery is closed while construction of the Phase 1 building and infrastructure continues.

Crews are preparing the new temporary entrance to the main mall building, which will be about 60 feet to the west from the existing entrance. That entrance is expected to be open the week of June 16.

Regular updates on the project will be available at fcgov.com/foothillsmall.