Long-planned Nine Mile Corner finally breaks ground in Erie

ERIE — After years of planning and a prolonged court battle waged by neighboring communities that ultimately made its way to the Colorado Supreme Court, the Nine Mile Corner mixed-use project in Erie broke ground this month. 

The project, a public-private partnership between Erie, the town’s Urban Renewal Authority and developer Evergreen Devco Inc., will include both residential and commercial properties on a roughly 48-acre site at the southeast corner of Arapahoe Road and U.S. Highway 287.

Grading and infrastructure work has begun on the 26-acre retail component of Nine Mile Corner. The shopping center will…