Fiore & Sons, Inc. Demolition Makes Way for New Student Housing at CSU in Fort Collins
Demo Time at Prospect Plaza New Student Housing at CSU Project Site
Fiore & Sons is teaming up with Saunders Construction to bring new student housing to CSU—starting with the demo of 11 former apartment buildings. These tired units are making way for a modern complex that’ll give future Rams a fresh place to call home!
Prospect Plaza Redevelopment
Prospect Plaza is a 4.5-acre redevelopment providing 5-star, off-campus housing to Colorado State University’s (CSU) students with the focus on creating a thriving community.
Designed by Holland Basham Architects, Prospect Plaza is intended to provide a vibrant living environment for students with upscale amenities and a modern feel, the design embodies local materials, celebrates social spaces, promotes a sense of safety, and prioritizes pedestrian experiences.
The site offers close proximity to campus connecting with CSU’s academic spine along Lake Street. While not a determined part of campus, the adjacency provides students with the opportunity to live at the “door step” of where they learn without being in a dormitory setting.
Creating a thriving Community
The building design opens up the first level to encourage a more pedestrian-friendly experience along Lake Street frontage. This intentional transparency welcomes pedestrians, cyclists, and visitors into a semi-public courtyard space that presents itself as the “front porch” of the development. While visually welcoming, the site also responds to critical flood control with the elevated design to hold water during heavy rain events.
The south-facing courtyards allow for the building’s corners to be opened up with large amounts of transparency to showcase common lounge spaces that act as “lighted candles” to signal a sense of arrival to the southern edge of CSU’s Campus. These “lighted candle” elements, repeated at many of the building corners throughout campus, offer a sense of belonging, safety and warmth, while acting as a natural lantern for students traveling throughout.
About Holland Basham Architects: Established in Omaha, Nebraska, by local architects Tim Holland and Keith Basham, Holland Basham Architects opened its doors in 1989.
Holland Basham's Denver office is led by veteran architect Thomas Berry. Their Denver office encompasses the core Holland Basham values and approach while maintaining its own identity and expanding our offerings and expertise to meet the needs of the Denver market. Holland Basham's Denver team has deep knowledge and understanding of the city and surrounding areas, a passion for supporting the community, and a commitment to delivering superior work.
About Saunders Construction: Saunders Construction is one the Rocky Mountain region’s leading construction and commercial development companies. Their purpose is to build what matters with exceptional skill — creating better communities, outstanding experiences and a culture of care for all. Established in 1972, they are an employee-owned corporation with over $9 billion in completed projects. Saunders brings the resources, expertise, technology and community relationships necessary to deliver practical solutions to any project.
Saunders excels in building office, municipal, educational, mixed-use, healthcare, residential, recreational, hospitality, mission critical, cultural, and retail facilities. Driven by our vision, we’re focused on building for both the present and the future, while constantly evolving to meet our client’s dynamic needs.
Saunders is a member of the Citadel Group — a consortium of separately-owned construction companies from across the U.S. that serve individual clients with national needs by leveraging best practices, innovative ideas and relationships.
About Fiore & Sons, Inc.: As a leading construction company in Denver, Fiore & Sons, Inc. understands what exceptional and reliable service means. They have grown over the last 65 years from its start as a trucking company to an established civil construction management contractor.
Fiore & Sons, Inc. offers their clients precision pricing and flawless execution, with solutions that meet the needs of their projects and exceed their expectations for both quality and value. They are able to tackle everything from large, complex projects with tight timelines to smaller visions their self-performing crews can achieve.
