Downtown Glow-Up

Tony DeSimone and Confluence Companies are changing the face of Douglas County, for the better.

With the My Mainstreet project finally under contract, the town is poised to see a transformation of downtown. Enter Tony DeSimone. The architect of the Castle Rock downtown reformation, Tony and his team have plans to bring new life to Mainstreet. Although the land is much larger than what Confluence redeveloped in Castle Rock, DeSimone said their approach to the Parker project has been similar.

DeSimone: We’ve found success developing mixeduse projects, where we bring in a residential component and the residential component helps subsidize the restaurant space in the retail to make it affordable to attract the right retail and restaurateurs. The new buildings will help keep more people coming to downtown and spending time there while enhancing the west side of Mainstreet. It’s their more historic section of downtown Parker, but as you head to the east, there’s just a lot of vacant land. So we see a lot of opportunity to help … create walkability.

Downtown Parker has some really great parts, but it's missing more activity. It's missing the places for people to work. From an entertainment / restauant perspective there is a need. There are some good municipal projects, but I think what's missing is how you fill in between those. One night it was 6:30 or 7:00 when I was driving Mainstreet before a town council meeting. I literally only saw one person walking on Mainstreet that evening. It was a nice night.

PARCEL A

Pine Curve

• 25,000 - 34,500 sf commercial

• 154 residential units

• Public park - at least 1.73 acre

• Open space buffer along the boundary of the Parker Vista neighborhood

PARCEL B

Schoolhouse

• Up to 2-stories

• Office / Retail

• 10,000 GSF

PARCEL F

PAR Property

• Office / Retail

• 28,000 GSF

• 35 parking spaces

PARCEL C

East Main

• 300 residential units

• 19,000 GSF Retail