Loveland council approves engineering spending for Draper garage

LOVELAND — The Loveland City Council, sitting Tuesday night as the board of directors of the Loveland Urban Renewal Authority, approved spending $195,917 to advance work on a proposed parking garage that would be part of the Draper Heartland redevelopment downtown.

The Draper is a major redevelopment of multiple buildings at Fourth Street and Lincoln Avenue. The corner most recently housed the Heartland Cafe. At one time, the Draper Drug Store was in that location. 

The project includes 98 apartments and 14,000 square of commercial space. At the rear on Jefferson Avenue would be a multi-story, 277-space parking garage that ultimately would…