Pearl Junction | Gorman & Company

Challenge

The City’s recent purchase of the former Pollard Jeep property at 30th and Pearl was the City’s first step in creating a mixed-use development featuring numerous middle-income and affordable housing units. The City requested proposals from numerous development teams eager to assist the City in obtaining their 30th and Pearl goals.

Approach

Trestle planned to support Gorman & Company throughout the entirety of the project by providing community engagement and entitlement services. The vision of the project was to provide a bold redevelopment that would bring the site to life, weaving it into the rapidly transitioning tapestry of the neighborhood, and creating a legacy project for the City of Boulder. As the Boulder Junction neighborhood matures, our mission was to make sure that the Pearl Junction site would become a place where livability, mobility, and connectivity were all integrated in a distinct-scale sustainability approach. Our team was committed to providing below-market rents to residents so that they could afford to live in this neighborhood of choice, with multi-modal access to points throughout the City and the region.

Click HERE to view our team's Concept Plan Proposal, created by Trestle Strategy Group and presented to the City of Boulder.  

Result

Although Trestle's project team did not win the project to redevelop the former Pollard Jeep Dealership in central Boulder, we are still very proud of the time and energy we spent conceptualizing a community benefiting affordable housing development.