Brinkman proposes mixed-use development at car-dealer site

FORT COLLINS — Brinkman Development Inc. has submitted preliminary plans to convert the site of the Spradley Barr Mazda dealership in Fort Collins into a mixed-use development that would include a hotel, apartments and retail.

The site is at the southwest corner of South College Avenue and Drake Road. The Max Bus Rapid Transit runs along the west side of the property parallel to McClelland Drive and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway. Thunderbird Drive borders the south end.

The existing structures, built in 1966, will be demolished and replaced with four retail buildings, a four-story hotel and two five-story apartment buildings, according to preliminary plans submitted to the city of Fort Collins’ planning department, which is scheduled to review the plans Aug. 30.

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The retail buildings would vary in size from 5,000 square feet to 8,000 square feet, and mostly front Drake Road. The hotel would have 100 rooms and face South College Avenue. The brand of the hotel has not yet been determined. The apartments, two 84,000-square-foot buildings, would each have 96 units. There would be 417 parking spaces.

The three parcels that make up the seven-acre site are owned by DraCol LLC, registered with the Secretary of State by Kriss Spradley.

Representatives of Brinkman Development and Spradley Barr did not return phone calls requesting more information.