Project Updates
March 21, 2025
Your new Senior Center has reached its "dry-in" milestone! This allows crews to complete interior work without worrying about the weather. The project team continues to work diligently to monitor and review the current rough-in of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing, ensuring all functions and requirements of the building are satisfied. As we look ahead, the most exciting news is the project is only weeks away from drywall installation. This allows a more permanent view of the shape of the new interior space.
With spring upon us, further development of the exterior site starts soon. This includes installation of new parking lot surfaces, sidewalks, and landscaping.
About the Project
The Colorado Springs Senior Center in the Golf Acres shopping complex has served tens of thousands of residents since 1986, providing an invaluable service to the community. Starting in 2023, the City of Colorado Springs launched a project to build a new facility adjacent to the old building at the intersection of Caramillo Street and Hancock Avenue in the northeast corner of the Golf Acres property.
The project started in Oct. 2023 with the start of mitigation and demolition of the old building and other buildings on site. The project remains on track for an August 2025 opening. The new center will be approximately 23,000 square feet, an increase from the previous 17,100-square-foot facility. The new building will maximize the available space for parking, improve traffic flow and accessibility, and add more functional outdoor space.
The renovation is funded by $10 million from the American Rescue Plan Act. Additional funding is provided by Lyda Hill Philanthropies, Colorado Springs Health Foundation, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant Program.
Site Plans
Public Involvement
Name Survey
The City and Senior Center staff conducted an online and in-person survey in March 2023, reaffirming the facility’s name as “Colorado Springs Senior Center.”
Previous Public Meetings
- September 13, 2022 current tenants of Golf Acres meeting
- September 14, 2022 community center user meeting summary
- September 16, 2022 community center user meeting summary
- October 5, 2022 neighborhood meeting summary
Upcoming Public Meetings
Future meetings will be listed here, as they are scheduled.
Photos
March 21, 2025 update
Your new Senior Center has reached its "dry-in" milestone! This allows crews to complete interior work without worrying about the weather. The project team continues to work diligently to monitor and review the current rough-in of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing, ensuring all functions and requirements of the building are satisfied. As we look ahead, the most exciting news is the project is only weeks away from drywall installation. This allows a more permanent view of the shape of the new interior space.
With spring upon us, further development of the exterior site starts soon. This includes installation of new parking lot surfaces, sidewalks, and landscaping.
February 17, 2025 update
Visible progress, both inside and outside the building, has been made over the past couple of months.
In the last month, work has focused on installing the roofing and building's exterior materials. Inside, the concrete slab is complete, and interior framing is nearing completion as well. The project team is conducting inspections prior to closing the walls.
December 18, 2024 update
If you've driven past the construction site lately, you can visibly see the building's progress.
The southern parking lot received its base coat ahead of paving, and work continues on the main building. The focus has turned to the interior with plumbing and electrical work underway. You can see images of the interior progress on the “photos” tab.
After meeting with City Forestry, the project team confirmed that, unfortunately, the existing tree at the northeast corner near Silver Key must be removed due to a conflict with the new driveway.
The next month will focus on utilities, along with completing the interior concrete slab work and the start of interior framing.
October 25, 2024 update
The streel structure work is nearly complete, as you can see from the photos. Roofing work has also started, as the building begins to take shape.
The project is also nearing completion on an eight-foot retaining wall on the north side. Some necessary stormwater
September 26, 2024 update
The steel for the new building is starting to go up! This visual marks an important step in the construction process. It serves as the first evidence of our forthcoming facility.
Final site grade and utility work continues as well.
