CSU Pueblo presents conceptual campus-adjacent development plan; seeks public-financing tools for infrastructure

Colorado State University Pueblo and a private development team presented a conceptual redevelopment plan for parcels around the CSU Pueblo campus and described potential public-financing tools to pay for horizontal infrastructure.

Garrison Ortiz, vice president of university operations, and Sandy Arnold, founder of Pioneer Development Company, told the Pueblo City Council the team identified about 120 acres in six planning areas surrounding the campus and narrowed the near-term focus to three planning areas suited for new development.

Why it matters: The concept would add student housing, mixed-use retail, hospitality and supporting infrastructure to create a campus gateway and increase on-campus housing. The university’s presentation estimated about $7.8 million in horizontal public-infrastructure costs—including a $3.8 million extension of Desert Flower Boulevard—that the presenters said CSU Pueblo cannot fund alone.

Concept and scale

The developm…