The Lumberyard site is located directly across from the Aspen airport on a 12-acre parcel. Its scale and visibility have made it one of the most publicly debated projects in recent Aspen history. Moving through City Council approvals required years of community engagement, careful navigation of competing interests, and a process that gave residents and stakeholders the opportunity to be heard while maintaining forward progress.

The infrastructure program is enormous. New water lines, new sewer mains, stormwater systems, and utilities of every type are being designed and installed to support the three buildings and their associated programming. A pedestrian and bicycle underpass at the site entrance eliminates conflict between residents, cyclists, and vehicles using the State Highway access. This feature required Colorado DOT permitting, a new traffic signal on a state highway, and extensive utility relocation to accommodate the structure.

Relocating those utilities is among the most technically demanding elements of the project. The underpass alignment conflicts with major communications and power infrastructure serving the broader Aspen area, including fiber and electrical systems. Coordinating the relocation and switchover of these systems required detailed phasing plans to execute the transitions without disruption to active service.

Gorman Development, a nationally recognized affordable housing developer, is the project’s developer of record. Entitlements were secured after a multi-year approval process through the City of Aspen.