A proving ground
Boulder’s Macy’s redevelopment to serve as unofficial pilot for affordable commercial program

BOULDER — Does the “People’s Republic of Boulder” reflect the flavor of its people — the students, the hippies, the techies, the artists, the hikers, the snowboarders, the admirers of all things weird and funky — if the only companies that can afford to set up retail establishments in the city are national brands with out-of-town backers?
Perhaps not.
“If the community has made a decision that they want a character maintained, then they have to be very deliberate about it,” Michael Kercheval, executive director of the Real Estate Center at the University of Colorado’s Leeds School of Business, told BizWest.
As commercial…
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