First round of tenants sign up for The Exchange

FORT COLLINS — Old Town Media, Churn Ice Cream, CopperMuse Distillery and a large anchor office tenant will be setting up shop in The Exchange, the redevelopment of the city block in Old Town Fort Collins.

Fort Collins-based developer Brinkman Colorado announced the first round of tenants for the estimated $6 million mixed-use development on Thursday.

The centerpiece of the project, encircled by College Avenue, Riverside Avenue and Walnut Street, is converting the parking at the center of the site into a public plaza.  Brinkman officials envision converted shipping containers housing vendor kiosks that serve things such as beer, cocktails and ice cream. The shipping containers will be stacked to surround the plaza that will include patios, picnic tables and grassy areas.

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Live music could also take place on the site if Brinkman attains proper approvals with the city.

The north building, which has 23,840 square feet, is more than 50 percent leased.

Old Town Media, a marketing and web-development agency, will relocate to the southeast side of the development and lease approximately 1,700 square feet. A local engineering consultant company will lease more than 10,000 square feet on the northern corner.

CopperMuse Distillery will remain in its current location within the redevelopment zone during and after construction and has leased the largest restaurant space in the north building at 2,714 square feet.

This will be the first location in Fort Collins for Churn, a concept of Denver-based Little Man Ice Cream.

Brinkman is negotiating with several prospective tenants with announcements expected to be made this summer.

The Exchange has been a collaborative project between Brinkman, the Downtown Development Authority, Brinkman Construction, alm2s, russell+mills studios, Northern Engineering and Waypoint Real Estate. First Bank provided the financing.

Waypoint Real Estate, a commercial brokerage spun off from Brinkman Partners last year, is handling the leasing.