Planning Commission unanimously recommends Brickyard mixed‑use plan for Town Council review

The Planning Commission on Sept. 25 unanimously recommended that Town Council approve the Brickyard site development plan (BC2025‑022), a phased mixed‑use redevelopment of the former Acme Brick site on Prairie Hawk Drive. The motion to recommend approval passed by a 7–0 roll‑call vote and will be forwarded to Town Council.

Staff explained the Brickyard proposal: the approximately 21‑acre site is proposed as a multi‑phase project with commercial, office, multifamily and hospitality uses and includes a parking analysis and phasing strategy to ensure parking supply meets demand as each phase is built. Staff noted the Brickyard plan development allows up to 530 units while the applicant proposes 384 multifamily units in the SDP, and staff recommended forwarding the SDP to Town Council (transcript SEG 1466–1469, SEG 1641–1643).

Applicant Tony DeSimone of Confluence Companies and architect Dan Crane presented project goals: reusing a former industrial parcel, creating a walkable main street (Pfeiffer), constructing parking reservoirs early in the phasing (parking structures and surface parking), providing a hotel/conference venue and dedicating approximately 10.3 acres for a Castle Rock Sports Center (the sports center is part of the plan development but not part of the specific SDP under review). “We were able to connect it through the site ... and find 10 acres that we could dedicate to the town for a new sports complex,” DeSimone said (transcript SEG 1716–1720).

Staff addressed parking and circulation: the applicant provided a joint‑use parking analysis showing phase‑by‑phase provided spaces versus projected demand (e.g., cumulative spaces provided in phases 1 and 2 and at full buildout), and staff described off‑site improvements (Prairie Hawk widening, Praxis Street construction) that would be completed as part of the development agreement obligations (transcript SEG 1510–1519, SEG 1569–1576).

Commissioners questioned noise, parking cross‑use with the sports center and building code timing. Staff said noise analysis is not a standard SDP requirement but indicated the site layout and building placement would help shield internal areas and that building permit applications must meet the code in effect at the time each permit is submitted. The applicant said EV chargers and more robust EV infrastructure are being included proactively in building designs (transcript SEG 2300–2307).

A motion to recommend approval passed unanimously: Commissioners Martinez, Samuelson, Salinas, Stanley, Sawin, Vice Chair McHugh and Chair Warnke all voted Aye (transcript SEG 2342–2356). The item will proceed to Town Council with staff materials and the applicant’s parking and phasing analysis included in the record.

Sources: Planning Commission public hearing transcript, Sept. 25, 2025 (staff presentation, applicant presentation, Q&A and unanimous commission vote).