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McDonald's:
City deserves
a `Playland'
By ROOM BAUN
The Coloradoan
In the age of retail superstores, McDonald's
plans to bring a super hamburger stand to Fort
Collins.
McDonald's gained approval Monday night
from the Fort Collins Planning and Zoning Board
to build a "Play -
land" res-
taurant near
the new Fort
Collins High
School.
A McDonald's
official said she
hopes the 4,000-
s q u a r e -f o o t
store can be
open by the end
of the year.
McDonald's
Playlands,
which include
an indoor play-
ground for kids,
has become a
new emphasis
for the fast-food
giant as it at-
tempts to
broaden its ap-
peal to young
families. The
Playland fea-
tures an 18-
plan OK'd
The Fort Collins Planning
and Zoning Board stamped
approval Monday night on
the Fort Collins/Loveland
Corridor Management Plan.
The board voted 4-0 to
recommend approval of the
plan to the Fort Collins City
Council. The council, La -
rimer County commission-
ers and Loveland City
Council must approve the
plan before its adopted.
As proposed, the corridor
plan would give the three
governments a framework
to review development in
the corridor, as well as set
goals for preserving open
space.
The corridor has been
proposed as a means to
maintain physical separa-
tion between the cities of
Loveland and Fort Collins.
foot -tall con-
traption- called "The Toy," which includes a tube -
slide, ball pit and play room.
Amy Carlson, project manager at McDonald's
Denver Region office, said the company wants to
add a Playland to at least one other McDonald's
in Fort Collins. There are three existing Mc -
Donald's in the city.
"We always get people in small towns call us
and ask, `When are we going to get a
McDonald's?'" Carlson said. "Now we have people
calling from Fort Collins asking, `When are we
going to get a Playland?"
The closest Playland site is at the McDonald's
at 1809 W. Eisenhower Blvd. in Loveland.
The new McDonald's is planned on a satellite
site of the Tower Shoppes shopping center north-
east of Timberline and Horsetooth roads.
As planned, the shopping center will include a
73,000-square foot grocery store and several
smaller retail stores. W.W. Reynolds Co., the de-
veloper of the shopping center, has not gained a
commitment from a grocery store to anchor the
center.