Planning Commission recommends rezoning 10285 Ridge Road to allow up to 200 affordable housing units and Red Rocks expansion

The Wheat Ridge Planning Commission on Oct. 16 voted 7–0 to recommend approval of case WZ2502, a zone change that would reclassify 10285 Ridge Road from Agricultural‑1 to Mixed Use Commercial Transit Oriented Development (MUCTOD). The applicant, Foothills Regional Housing, proposes a concept plan for a mixed‑use, transit‑oriented redevelopment including roughly 200 affordable housing units, supportive community services, and an expanded Red Rocks Community College nursing facility on the northeast corner of the site.

Stephanie Stevens, planner with the Wheat Ridge Community Development Department, told the commission the property totals about 10.89 acres and contains vacant buildings that were part of a former state group‑home campus; those buildings are undergoing state remediation and are expected to be demolished. The state sold the surplus property to Jefferson County Regional Housing (Foothills Regional Housing) with the condition it be…