Four-story housing proposal joins approved Armory expansion on East Mountain
A key block of East Mountain Avenue in Old Town Fort Collins is once again at the center of change, as a four-story housing proposal emerges across the street from an Armory-related project that is already under construction.
A recently surfaced photograph from the 1970s shows a stretch (1 block West) of East Mountain lined with modest, low-rise storefronts, including what was then the Food Co-op — now known as Mountain Avenue Market — which has since relocated. The image captures a quieter, lower-scale commercial corridor long before Old Town became the dense, walkable district it is today.
Like Mountain Avenue Market before it, many businesses along East Mountain have adapted or relocated as the district evolved.
Today, East Mountain Avenue remains defined by two- and three-story storefronts and pedestrian-scale façades that reflect the scale of the Downtown Historic Core.
At 335 and 345 East Mountain Ave., a developer has proposed demolishing two existing commercial buildings and replacing them with a four-story mixed-use structure. The plan calls for ground-floor retail space and 28 residential units above, along with approximately 32 on-site parking stalls accessed from Mountain Avenue…