Loveland planners OK Sugar Creek development

LOVELAND — After hours of developers’ presentations followed by opposition from more than a dozen neighbors and skepticism from its members, the Loveland Planning and Zoning Commission endorsed annexing 171 acres on the city’s north side for a development that could bring 1,100 or more housing units within seven to 10 years.

Fort Collins-based Black Timber Builders sought an amendment to the city’s Comprehensive Plan to designate the site of its proposed Sugar Creek development as Medium Density Residential and Regional Activity Center. The proposed amendment will allow for a development of the site east of U.S. Highway 287 and…