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Mayor: Butterfly Pavilion STEM plan stalled; Baseline developer to proceed and FirstBank Center to be redeveloped
Summary
Mayor Gaylene Castriada said the proposed Butterfly Pavilion-linked STEM school will not move forward in Broomfield because of funding and enrollment factors; the Baseline developer still plans construction in 2026 and the city will redevelop the former FirstBank Center site.
Mayor Gaylene Castriada said the Butterfly Pavilion-linked STEM school planned for the Baseline development is not proceeding in Broomfield and described financing and enrollment reasons for the project's failure to advance.
Castriada said the Butterfly Pavilion building alone had an early estimate of $80 million to $100 million and that the Butterfly Pavilion and the district developer faced funding constraints and leadership transitions. "With the building originally being estimated to cost 80 to a hundred million 7 years ago, it's probably double now," she…
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