Opinion Piece: The Foundry and Old Town Loveland

      There is no doubt that the residents of Loveland have noticed some big changes being made to the downtown area.  The Foundry, which after much debate, was finally approved to begin earlier this year.  There is definately an excitement in the air about the what this project makes possible for the downtown Loveland area and the surrounding businesses. 

 

      The Foundry shall feature some retail shops, condos for sale, a parking garage, a theatre, and some mixed-use offices and other businesses for entertainment.  With all these new endeavors waking up Downtown Loveland, you start to wonder about what shops will be arriving, or what new restaurants might pop up in place of closed buildings. There is also something to consider in growing times if you happen to live near this gorgeous downtown area.  Old and new homeowners alike seem to be excited about the possibility of an equitable increase it will bring to the value of their current downtown homes. We can all recall and see with our own eyes, the value and price of housing ever increasing in the Old Town Fort Collins area. It has gone up so significantly that it’s almost a world of Real Estate on it’s own. 3 beds, 1 baths going at a cool half a mill ($500,000.00).  With the housing in the Downtown Loveland area already a bit higher than it’s counterpart neighborhoods to begin with, there are those who are excited to see just how much their bungalows might be worth in the years to come.

 

     This would be the time to invest in Old Town Loveland, if ever you were toying with the idea before.  The growing of new coming together with old will create a valuable residual overflow onto the neighborhoods of Downtown Loveland. For that matter, all the Loveland residents will feel a slight trickle effect over time. Especially the newer homes just built on the East side of Loveland, including Tulip Creek by LC Home , which is only minutes away from all of the action that the Foundry will offer. Lovelanders love their little Downtown, me included.  Why not give her the confidence to thrive? This will ultimately give Downtown Loveland the potential to be what all fellow Lovelanders knew she was all along. #Liveloveland.