MONDAY COLORADO SPRINGS CITY COUNCIL IN SPECIAL SESSION DENIED AN APPEAL TO STOP A 27 STORY APARTMENT COMPLEX FROM GOING UP IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. THE “ONE VELA” BUILDING AT SAHWATCH AND WEST COSTILLA WOULD BECOME THE TALLEST BUILDING IN COLORADO SPRINGS. A GROUP CALLED THE “HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS PARTNERSHIP” AND SEVERAL OTHERS OPPOSED THE PLANS, SAYING THE BUILDING WOULD BLOCK THE VIEW OF PIKES PEAK. THE STRUCTURE WILL BE A MIXED USE APARTMENT BUILDING. NO WORD ON WHEN CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN.
