Retail, industrial developments abound

ERIE — Town staffers were fairly sure things would take off for Erie retail once the King Soopers Marketplace was completed on the northwest corner of Sheridan Parkway and Colorado Highway 7, said Fred Diehl, assistant to the town administrator. They appeared to be correct in that assumption, as the town appears to be making strides to match its residential growth with more sales-tax revenue and job creation.

“We knew once we had them we’d have a chance for a lot of development to occur on the north side off Highway 7,” Diehl said. “There’s a great…