Northfield could showcase FoCo metro district vision

FORT COLLINS — A condo community in the works for several years north of downtown is doing site work but nearing a start date for what could be a bigger deal: illustrating how the city envisions and will guide development of its metropolitan districts.

Northfield is 442 units on 55 acres, approved and underway. Scheduled for Thursday’s Planning and Zoning Commission meeting is an affordable housing part: 84 apartments on 6.5 of the acres.

Northfield is being built by Windsor-based Landmark Homes. The affordable housing, Northfield Commons, is under Denver-based Mercy Housing; it’s buying the land below market value, said Kuhl Brown,…