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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPINECONE PUD THE TOWER SHOPS FINAL - 60 91M - MEDIA - CORRESPONDENCEqq,,business 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.