Large Cherry Creek West development moves ahead as neighborhood groups ask for more clarity
By Mark Sameulson | Out There Colorado
The Denver Planning Board on Wednesday approved a rezoning of the west end of Cherry Creek Shopping Center for a huge redevelopment that could bring seven office and apartment buildings — some to 13 stories high — on a site where the old Bed Bath & Beyond store now overlooks University Boulevard.
With the board’s unanimous vote on Wednesday, the Cherry Creek West project moves to the City Council for review and approval, despite worries from neighborhood groups that the planned development might grow larger still as its buildings come out of the ground over the next decade.
Representing a consortium of neighborhood groups, Lou Raders of the Cherry Creek Steering Committee appealed to city planners to better define the size of t...