Westminster Farm
Westminster City Council Hearing On Uplands Approved the Development January 10, 2022
In a 5-2 vote the Westminster City Council approved the Uplands development as submitted on the second vote. With this approval, only 60% of the required Public Land Dedication was approved.
On February 16th Varde Partners, a $16 billion international hedge fund, bought the historic Westminster Farm.
September 27, 2023 Protest Uplands "Groundbreaking"
Join community members in protest of the Varde Partner's Uplands "groundbreaking" event
Meet from 3-4 at 88th and Irving
The City Council and Governor Polis are scheduled to attend in support of Uplands
Let's welcome them by saying
"Communities before Developer's Profits:
No Uplands!"
Saving the Farm at Westminster Castle
Open your eyes and look out over the uninterrupted view from Longs Peak down to Pikes Peak and over the city skyline. Now breathe and listen for the owls and hawks over the rows of corn. Look west and watch the sun set over the Front Range and look south over the Denver skyline.
The Farm at the Westminster Castle — 235 acres of centennial working farmland — is a respite from the continuous scene of rooftops and ceaseless traffic which has become the norm of Denver Metro-living.
Oread Capital, a developer, wants to put a 2350-unit residential and commercial subdivision on the farmland that runs along Federal and Lowell Boulevards between 84th and 88th Avenues —calling it “new urbanism”. They want to replace the centennial-farm with 5-story apartment buildings, townhouses and small-lot single units—replacing rows of corn with rows of buildings. About 7000 people would live there. They call it Uplands.
This development would more than double the neighboring communities—quiet, diverse neighborhoods. This high-density development would completely change the character of the communities of Shaw Heights, Bishop Park and Observatory Hill. The entire face of Westminster, Colorado would be changed forever, and not for the better.
