Littleton apartment-retail complex under construction

Heavy equipment moves earth April 18 to make way for The Meadows at Platte Canyon in Littleton. Evergreen Developments has broken ground on the 250-unit apartment complex that will include some additional retail. (Seth McConnell, YourHub)

A once-controversial development at South Platte Canyon Road and West Mineral Avenue is now under construction and will bring 250 apartment units and four retail businesses to Littleton.

The Meadows at Platte Canyon project broke ground the week of April 7 and, according to Evergreen Development construction manager Ron Wolford, it should be complete by June 2015, with some units ready by February.

Evergreen Development owns the property.

"Units will be ready in about 10 months," Wolford said.

Heavy equipment preps the site of the new apartment complex, The Meadows at Platte Canyon, in Littleton on April 18. A 250-unit apartment complex will include some additional retail will occupy the long-vacant acreage at the southeast corner of West Mineral Avenue and South Platte Canyon Road. (Seth McConnell, YourHub)

The apartments will be equipped with garages, but there will also be a parking lot on the site. Rand Construction is contracted to do the building and the architect is Kephart.

In addition to the 250 apartments, there will be a 10,000-square-foot retail facility that will house four businesses.

No business is yet under contract for any of the four units, but a deal with Dunkin' Donuts is all but finalized.

"We're almost done with a lease with a national doughnut chain, and it's not Krispy Kreme," joked Ken Gatt, leasing manager with Evergreen Development.

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Littleton apartment-retail complex under construction