City presents Geneva Village redevelopment process and ULI technical advisory panel to preservation commission

Deputy City Manager Kathleen O’Shara told the Historic Preservation Commission the session was meant to inform commissioners about an upcoming planning effort for Downtown Littleton’s Northern Gateway and the city-owned Geneva Village site.

O’Shara reviewed the history: the International Geneva Association purchased the property in 1927 and built Geneva Village in 1967 as 28 apartments designed by Eugene Sternberg. The city purchased five parcels that make up the overall property in 1975 as part of the land assembly for a new city center, she said. Geneva Lodge on the site is a designated historic resource and the Geneva Village apartments are eligible but not locally designated, O’Shara said.

She said the downtown development authority (DDA) formed earlier has a plan of development that identifies gateways — including a Northern Gateway that stretches toward Prince Street — and that council and stakeholders have prioritized downtown connectivity, place-making, cleanliness/safety and parking as objectives.

Julie Latham, the city’s housing…