FoCo in 15 Minutes | IKEA Confirmed, Costco Vote, Mobile Home Ordinance & Greeley’s $1.1B Decision

Welcome to Fort Collins Lifestyles, your weekly insider look at life, real estate, and community across Northern Colorado.This week in Fort Collins & Northern Colorado:🗳️ Greeley Voters Decide $1.1B Cascadia/Catalyst Project — Ballot Issue 1A could repeal zoning for a massive entertainment district anchored by a new Colorado Eagles arena, hotel, and water park. Supporters cite taxpayer risk, while opponents warn of economic fallout and stalled development. 🥇 Fort Collins’ Hunter Powell at the 2026 Olympics — The CSU grad helped Team USA finish 11th in four-man bobsled in Cortina, posting top-three start times in every run. 🛍️ IKEA Coming to Fort Collins (Fall 2026) — A 64,000-sq-ft small-format IKEA will open at Front Range Village, bringing planning services, ~3,200 items, Swedish meatballs, and regional shopper draw. 🛒 Loveland Considers Costco Deal — City Council weighs a tax-rebate agreement that could bring a 160,000-sq-ft Costco warehouse and a 400,000-sq-ft retail center to Centerra, potentially opening around 2028. 🍸 Oso Underground Planned for Former Jay’s Bistro — A new elevated bar-restaurant concept with global dishes, live music, and molecular mixology is targeting a late-spring opening in Old Town. 🔬 CSU’s Little Shop of Physics Returns — More than 300 free hands-on science experiments will fill the Lory Student Center on March 1. 🚀 Ursa Major Promotes New CEO — The Berthoud-based rocket propulsion company names Chris Spagnoletti as CEO amid rapid growth and major defense contracts. Council advanced a new Mobile Home Park Licensing Program requiring annual licensing, infrastructure disclosures, manager certification, and clearer enforcement authority. The ordinance passed first reading 7–0, with support but concern over potential rent impacts to residents. • Great Plates of Downtown — Mar 1–14 | Old Town• Fort Collins Winter Brewfest — Feb 28 | Drake Centre• Rocky Mountain Raptor Program Gala — Feb 28 | CSU• The Ten Tenors — Feb 27 | Lincoln Center• Donut Making Class — Feb 28 | Ginger & Baker• Daddy Daughter Dance — Feb 27 | Windsor• HUNKS The Show — Feb 27 | Loveland• Colorado Eagles vs. Bakersfield — Feb 24–25 | Blue Arena📲 Thinking about buying, selling, or investing in Northern Colorado?Let’s connect — I help clients make confident, well-informed real estate decisions with both data and boots-on-the-ground insight.Patrick Soukup📞 Call/Text: 970-893-3533📧 Email: [email protected]🌐 Website: soukuprealestate.com