Government & Politics  September 20, 2023

Brighton approves Kmart rezoning to lure battery factory

BRIGHTON — After another round of extensive public comments, the Brighton City Council Tuesday gave final approval to a rezoning of the former Kmart/Sears distribution center, paving the way for the project to lure a lithium-battery manufacturing plant.

Council members voted 5-2 in favor of a Planned Development application by property owner Starboard Platform Brighton JV LLC, an arm of Newport Beach, California-based Starboard Realty Partners LLC.

Starboard purchased the property at 18875 Bromley Lane in September 2018 for $40.75 million. First built as a Kmart Distribution Center, the property at the time of…

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Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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