The Boulder City Council voted 7-1 on Oct. 15 to call up a concept plan to replace Boulder Medical Center at 2750 Broadway with 223 housing units across three properties.
The project is still in the concept plan stage. The council will hold a public hearing and provide feedback but will not vote on whether to approve the project. Councilmembers decided to call up the plan in part due to its scale and location. Two councilmembers raised concerns about adding traffic to Broadway, which they said serves as an evacuation route during wildfires. Councilmember Nicole Speer voted against calling it up.
Sopher Sparn Architects, a Boulder-based firm, is proposing three multifamily buildings: a four-story, 160-unit building with ground-floor amenities such as a coworking space and fitness center; a three-story, 30-unit building; and a three-story, 33-unit building. The project would include about one parking space per unit. The applicants are also seeking to rezone part of the property to allow greater density.
The Boulder Medical Center, which owns the property, plans to relocate. The project is in its early stages and still needs to go through development review and get building permits. It is one of the first development projects to come under review since the city and Boulder County approved the updated Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan.
I’d love to see you take on the Baseline issue which is out of control! Check out the non traffic flow at different times during the day. Backups both ways at intersections. We want a green arrow at Crescent/Manhattan. Blinking yellow is not the answer! Benches for bus riders are sitting exposed & buses stop in the right lanes.
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Three buildings and 223 units on one site is a big job for Boulder, and with rents what they are, a lot of the crew that builds it won’t be able to live in town. We run a job board for traveling trades workers, and on Front Range jobs a lot of carpenters and electricians either commute in from an hour out or come from out of state on per diem. That changes what an offer is really worth once you take out the drive or the motel. Here’s a calculator for comparing two job offers once per diem and travel are counted, for anyone weighing work on a project like this.