Past, Present. Future
Englewood CityCenter is a 55-acre, mixed use district within the City of Englewood, Colorado. It is located between Santa Fe Drive (US 85) on the west, Elati Street on the east, Hampden Avenue (US 285) on the south, and Floyd Avenue on the north.
It is west of the evolving South Broadway area and proximate to the growing Wellness District further to the east, home to Swedish Medical Center and Craig Hospital. The three areas comprise Englewood's downtown.
Englewood CityCenter currently includes two apartment buildings, retailers, small offices and the Englewood Civic Center building, which includes the city's administrative offices, courts and library. Englewood's direct connection to the extensive regional transit system provided by the Regional Transportation District (RTD) is located on the western edge of the district at the Englewood Station multi-modal hub where light rail, bus lines, and the Englewood Trolley converge. The trolley is a scheduled transportation service that traverses the downtown area.
Englewood CityCenter was developed 22 years ago to replace the Cinderella City regional mall and it was the first transit-oriented development (TOD) project in the Front Range region. Following awards and national notoriety in the real estate industry, CityCenter eventually struggled to function as the vibrant commercial center of the community due to additional regional TOD developments and the evolution of retail trends away from so-called "big-box" retail centers. In August of 2018, the property was foreclosed on (depicted in red on the site plan below). LNR Partners (LNR), a company known as a special servicer, now represents the foreclosing bondholders.
Following the foreclosure, the City of Englewood issued a Request for Proposals in 2019 for a Master Developer to form a public/private partnership with the city to redevelop key portions of Englewood CityCenter still directly owned or controlled by the city, depicted in blue below on the site plan.
