FoCo funeral chapel staying put, for now

FORT COLLINS – The owner of a 62-year-old, family-owned funeral home in Old Town Fort Collins says the mortuary is likely to remain in its location for another year, despite a developer’s announced plans to build an apartment building on the site.

Denver-based Confluent Development in May had submitted preliminary plans to the city for a six-story, 200-unit apartment building at 121 W. Olive St. and 120 W. Magnolia St., property owned by Bohlender Funeral Chapel. But mortuary owner Gary Bohlender told BizWest this week that as the process creeps along, “I would imagine we’ll be there for the next year”…