Skyline
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Downtown Colorado Springs tower’s height reduced from 36 floors amid developer concerns
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A controversial proposed 36-story, 400-foot-tall apartment tower proposed for downtown Colorado Springs has shrunk in size to 27 stories and 300 feet, its developer says. The reduced height, however, isn’t a concession to community members who’ve complained the project would disrupt mountain views or be out of place with downtown’s skyline, where the Wells Fargo…
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The height of controversy: Proposed 36-story high-rise in downtown Colorado Springs spurs views vs. vibrancy debate
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ABOVE: The 36-story VeLa Peakview apartment tower, proposed for the southwest corner of a block bounded by Cascade and Vermijo avenues and Sahwatch and Costilla streets in downtown Colorado Springs, would be 350 to 400 feet tall, according to the project’s developers. At its maximum height of 400 feet, VeLa Peakview would be 62% taller…