Developer Promotes Smart Growth for Jefferson
Published Apr 16, 2004
Greg Stevinson spent 15 years working on developing Colorado Mills.
Some 30 years ago the late Chuck Stevinson, a prominent auto dealer, assembled a 750-acre tract of land at the confluence of I-70, Colfax Ave. and US Highways 6 and 93.
The master plan was to create a live, work, shop, and play environment.
Surprisingly for an auto dealer, Stevinson wanted the plan to lessen dependency on the car and stress pedestrian traffic.
His first step in the plan was to develop the green and environmentally conscious Denver West Office Park. Following Stevinson’s passing, it became the responsibility of his son Greg to turn his father’s development dreams into reality.
Today, the dreams have come true. As president of Denver West Realty, Greg Stevinson has expanded the Denver West Office Park; created Denver West Village, a 325,000 square foot retail center containing a variety of stores, restaurants and a movie theatre; worked as a partner with Mills Corporation in developing Colorado Mills, a 1.2 million-square-foot retail center which combines value-oriented retail with numerous entertainment and dining venues.
In addition, two luxurious apartment complexes were completed – Camden Denver West and Montrachet. These apartment home communities contain more than 600 apartment homes of the highest quality with such amenities as a resort style swimming pool and spa, fitness center and conference room/business centers with fax and Internet services.
Stevinson’s insistence on high- quality and distinctive exterior architecture marked by hand laid stone walls and dramatized with numerous works of sculptural art has resulted in a unique and visually pleasing office/retail/living environment.
“I believe that we sustain long-term real estate values by offering the public a convenient and aesthetically pleasing built environment. But, Colorado’s most important assets are its mountains, its foothills, its magnificent vistas.
This natural beauty is the essence of Jefferson County,” Stevinson says.
“One of my responsibilities as a developer and as a citizen of both Jefferson County and Colorado is to preserve this beauty. As the chairman of the Jefferson County Open Space Committee (OSAC), I have been vigorous in advocating smart growth and the preservation of open space land.”
Greg Stevinson’s achievements have not gone unrecognized. In 2002, the Rocky Mountain News named him Colorado’s Business Person of the Year. Because of his sensitivity to community and environmental concerns, a local government official called Stevinson one of the “greatest treasures of Jefferson County.”
Photo by Wes Aldridge
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