sprawling fort collins technology park to see new construction

Plans have been announced to build out roughly a quarter million square feet of new facility space within the boundaries of a 105-acre technology park in Fort Collins.

The Harmony Technology Park, located at 4750 Technology Parkway near the intersection of Lady Moon Drive and East Harmony Road, was launched in 2008 as a site for new office, industrial, and commercial space.

The owner and developer of the park is MAVDevelopment, an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based firm that has spearheaded mixed-use sites and technology parks throughout Michigan and Colorado.

Although the City of Fort Collins initially approved a property tax, whose revenues would go for the construction of street and utility infrastructure at the site, construction at the park in the immediate years after its launching was delayed by the onset of the Great Recession.

In the years since, however, the park has proven a popular destination for any number of companies, seeing up to $80 million in new construction in just 2017 alone.

The Harmony Technology Park, located roughly 8 miles to the southeast of downtown Fort Collins, is also the home to what is called the Harmony Commons, a community-like section of land featuring a hotel, brew pub, and restaurants.

Now plans are underway for the expansion of a facility housing the WilMarc medical supplies company, whose address is 3420 Precision Drive. The company wants to add 100,000 square feet to its current footprint in the park.

The park may also soon see the construction of an 81,000 square foot building that will be used for medical offices, while another structure, at 51,000 square feet, will house warehouse and light industrial space.
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Plans for the three new building projects at the park are currently being reviewed by the City of Fort Collins. An exact construction schedule for any of the projects has not yet been announced.

​By Garry Boulard

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