McWhinney faces tough questions about ‘social and economic heart’ of Baseline

BROOMFIELD — As McWhinney Real Estate Services Inc. prepares to build Center Street — a district that the company and Broomfield planners consider to be the “social and economic heart” of the Baseline mega-development — the developer is facing scrutiny from city leaders who appear a bit wary of a potential reduction of commercial space in favor of more homes.

Center Street — which will sit on about 63 acres in the middle of the 1,100-acre Baseline project located south of Baseline Road, west of I-25 and east of Sheridan Parkway — was envisioned as the development’s urban commercial core that…