Five years after a developer then called McWhinney Real Estate Services Inc. bought Foothills mall out of foreclosure and 3½ years after it announced an ambitious plan to turn the indoor mall into open-air retail and adding housing, office space and walkable outdoor spaces, the company now called Realberry submitted its design concept Thursday to Fort Collins city planners — with two notable changes.
The redevelopment plan got a boost in mid-May thanks to the $60 million Realberry made by selling off outlying retail properties along College Avenue to a pair of real-estate investors.
“Following the successful lease-up and sale of the College Avenue Shops earlier this year, Realberry and Prism Places have submitted an initial concept for the next phase of Foothills Mall, which is focused on transforming the enclosed mall into an outdoor lifestyle destination with more open-air opportunities, landscaping, inviting gathering areas and a stronger mix of places to shop, dine and spend time,” Clyde Wood, Realberry’s vice president for commercial and mixed-use development, said in an email to BizWest. “The concept builds on the direction we shared with the community in 2023 and represents an early step toward bringing that vision to life…