Building three adjacent structures concurrently for Colorado State University’s Spur Campus on a brownfield site required extensive collaboration. JE Dunn led construction on all three buildings, with work staggered across different phases, and each structure had its own architect. Together, these buildings will provide an experiential and lifelong place of learning for the Denver community, focusing on the safety, security and sustainability of food and natural resources to enhance the well-being of humans, plants and animals.
The first building completed for this $165.2-million effort was Vida, the Spanish word for life, in January 2022. The 118,000-sq-ft animal health complex brings together university experts, veterinarians, service providers and nonprofit organizations to create a collaborative space focused on animal health, human health, equine sports medicine and assisted therapy as well as subsidized companion animal veterinary care to qualified families.