| Year |
Milestone/Development |
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| 2009 |
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| 2008 |
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VA
Hospital opens for patients. |
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| 2007 |
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Fitzsimons
Parkway scheduled to be open. |
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Research
Complex II completes construction |
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| 2006 |
|
Fitzsimons
Parkway scheduled to open. |
|
|
|
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UCHSC
Facility Support Building to open mid-year. |
|
|
|
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Denison
Library completes construction. |
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Education
Facility II completed. |
|
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Academic/Administration
Facility to be completed. |
|
| 2005 |
|
Bioscience
East facilities occupied. |
|
|
|
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Lazarra
Oral Health to be completed and accepting
patients. |
|
|
|
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UCHSC
Education Facility IB scheduled to complete
construction. |
|
|
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UCHSC
Environmental Health and Safety (Facility
Support II) to complete construction. |
|
|
|
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Center
for Humanities to finish construction. |
|
| 2004 |
|
Bioscience
East is scheduled for renovation and will
offer 25,000 square feet of shell space.
|
|
|
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UPI
(University Physicians, Inc.) complete and
fully occupied. |
|
|
|
|
Congress
approves VA Hospital to move to Fitzsimons. |
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|
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|
Research
Complex I planned for completion and occupied
with over 2000 employees by mid year. |
|
|
|
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Anschutz
Inpatient Pavilion opens for patient care
in February |
|
|
|
|
Anschutz
Inpatient Pavilion Emergency Room scheduled
to open later in year. |
|
|
|
|
The
Children's Hospital to begin construction. |
|
|
|
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UCHSC
Education 1-A to be completed in June |
|
|
|
|
UCHSC
Environmental Health and Safety (Facility
Support I) scheduled for completion in May. |
|
|
|
|
BIOWEST
moves to a conference hotel expecting regional
participation on October 27. |
|
|
|
|
Fitzsimons
Parkway begins construction and Colfax widening
complete. |
|
|
|
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Hotel
developer is selected and plan is presented. |
|
|
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Lazarra
Oral Health to break ground in March |
|
|
|
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Research
Complex II to begin construction plans |
|
|
|
|
Center
for Humanities scheduled to begin construction.
|
|
| 2003 |
|
FRA
receives $5.1 Million from Economic Development
Administration to support the new "Fitzsimons
Parkway." |
|
|
|
|
Pauls
Corporation is selected as the developer
for the Fitzsimons Commons, the town center
for the Fitzsimons Life Sciences City. |
|
|
|
|
Construction
continues on the University Physicians building
located on Colfax and Wheeling. |
|
|
|
|
Certificates
of Participation (COPs) approved by Governor
Owens allowing for the University Health
Sciences Center to accelerate construction. |
|
|
|
|
Construction
continues to progress on the Anschutz Inpatient
Pavilion |
|
|
|
|
FRA
presents BIOWEST for the bioscience industry
in the Rocky Mountain region, attracting
over 500 participants, 51 exhibitors and
world class speakers. Named industry event
of the year by w3w3 radio. |
|
|
|
|
FRA
plans and stages the Fitzsimons Fourteeners--an
event to enable biotech companies at the
bioscience park center to share their business
plans with an audience of industry insiders,
media and venture capitalists. |
|
|
 |
|
| 2002 |
|
Completion
and opening of Phase 1 of the University
of Colorado Hospital Anschutz Inpatient
Pavilion. |
|
|
|
|
Nighthorse
Campbell Native Health Building opens in
September. |
|
|
|
|
State
Veterans Home at Fitzsimons opens in September. |
|
|
|
|
New
City of Aurora Police substation dedicated
in August. |
|
|
|
|
Completion
of UCHSC Perinatal Research Facility. |
|
|
|
|
The
Reveille at Fitz renovates and offers more
than 400 units of residential housing for
rent. |
|
|
|
|
The
FRA introduces the first bioscience conference
and exhibition 'BIOWEST" in the region. |
|
|
|
|
In
February, FRA plans and stages 1st annual
Fitzsimons Fourteeners--an event to enable
biotech companies at the bioscience park
center to share their business plans with
an audience of industry insiders, media
and venture capitalists. |
|
|
|
|
| 2001 |
|
Opening
of Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Institute. This
facility serves as a clinical care center
for patients with diseases affecting vision,
and provides advanced education for residents,
graduate medical students and ophthalmologists
in the region. |
|
|
|
|
Construction
begins on Nighthorse Campbell Native Health
Building. When completed, this 50,000-sqaure-foot
facility will serve as a centralized resource
for 35 tribes across the country and function
as the hub of the University's rural outreach
program. |
|
|
|
|
Construction
begins on UCHSC Research Complex I. |
|
|
|
|
First
phase of PASCAL completed in February. |
|
|
|
|
Construction
begins on Phase I of UCH Anschutz Inpatient
Pavilion |
|
|
|
|
Construction
begins on the 13,230-square-foot Perinatal
Research Center expansion of the University
of Colorado Hospital. |
|
|
|
|
$500
million in construction to date. |
|
|
|
|
FRA
announces plans for development of I-225
Corridor, a mixed use business corridor
and hotel complex at the southern edge of
Fitzsimons. |
|
|
|
|
The
Children's Hospital announces plans to create
a 400,000-square-foot pediatric health campus
at Fitzsimons. |
|
|
|
|
University
Physicians, Inc. (UPI) announces plans to
develop its headquarters on a three-acre
parcel at Fitzsimons. |
|
|
|
|
| 2000 |
|
Bioscience
Park Center opens. The first of six planned
bioscience facilities in Phase I of Colorado
Bioscience Park Aurora, this facility offers
exceptional resources and facilities to
startup and early stage biotech companies. |
|
|
|
|
Anschutz
Centers for Advanced Medicine opens, including
the Cancer and Outpatient Pavilions. |
|
|
|
|
Fitzsimons
Commons concept is added to master plan.
This 30-acre parcel in the center of campus
will serve as the village center--offering
residential and lifestyle amenities. |
|
|
|
|
Urban
Land Institute Panel endorses UCHSC campus
move. |
|
|
|
|
Construction
begins on Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Institute. |
|
|
|
|
| 1999 |
|
Economic
Development Conveyance approved. |
|
|
|
|
First
new site construction begins. |
|
|
|
|
Anschutz
gift to University of Colorado Hospital
announced. |
|
|
|
|
Construction
begins on the University of Colorado Hospital
Anschutz Cancer Pavilion. This 106,000-square-foot
facility will offer outpatient care and
house prevention and early detection programs
and University of Colorado Cancer Center's
clinical research program. |
|
|
|
|
Construction
begins on University of Colorado Hospital
Anschutz Outpatient Pavilion. When completed,
this 476,000-sqaure-foot facility will offer
a complete range of primary and specialty
ambulatory care and outpatient ambulatory
surgery. |
|
|
|
|
Active
Army operations cease. |
|
|
|
|
Construction
begins on PASCAL (Preservation and Access
Service Center for Colorado Academic Libraries).
When completed, Pascal will hold up to six
million volumes and provide climate-controlled
housing for older materials in the libraries
of the University of Colorado and University
of Denver. |
|
|
|
|
FRA
conceives and introduces Colorado's Bio
Breakfasts--a monthly gathering of the biotech
industry to promote resource sharing and
collaboration. |
|
|
|
|
| 1998 |
|
First
biotech companies move to Fitzsimons. |
|
|
|
|
University
Hospital and VA Medical Center clinics open. |
|
| 1997 |
|
Interim
FRA lease allows UCHSC occupancy and renovation
of main hospital. |
|
| 1996 |
|
Fitzsimons
Redevelopment Authority is activated, staffed
and operational. |
|
|
|
|
Army
closes main hospital. |
|
|
|
|
Master
plan for redevelopment is produced. |
|
|
|
|
CU
Regents take first vote on Fitzsimons move. |
|
|
|
|
| 1995 |
|
U.S.
Congress designates Fitzsimons for closure--eliminating
4,000 military and civilian jobs within
the next four years. |
|
|
|
|
Officials
from the City of Aurora, University of Colorado
Health Sciences Center and University of
Colorado Hospital present an innovative
proposal to the Department of Defense in
Washington, D.C., emphasizing the benefits
of reusing the decommissioned base to construct
a world-class medical campus.
|
|
|
|
|
Under
an intergovernmental agreement, the City
of Aurora and University of Colorado Regents
form the Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority. |
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