Broomfield’s high-profile Interstate 25 and Baseline Road interchange is suddenly the focus of a medical building boom, with two nonprofit health systems eyeing corners of the same junction for sprawling hospital campuses.
UCHealth has a contract on roughly 110 acres at the northwest corner, while AdventHealth is pursuing about 43 acres directly across the highway. Both projects appear on the city’s concept review calendar for Tuesday, Feb. 17, setting off a weeks-long public process that will dig into zoning, traffic, and what it means for the city to host two new tax-exempt medical hubs at the same exit.
UCHealth’s proposal lays out a mixed-use “Broomfield North Campus” that pairs a multi-story hospital with a large medical office building, retail space, and housing. The system has told local reporters it expects to close on the site in February, with a 2026 ground-breaking and a 2029 opening on its tentative timeline. Ryan Rohman, UCHealth’s Broomfield president, has described the site as a chance to keep more specialty care close to home while blending clinics with green space and nearby housing. According to KUNC, the conceptual materials show tall, multi-building hospital campuses and promise to set aside a sizable portion of the land for trails and parks.
AdventHealth’s Plan Across The Highway
AdventHealth’s concept, staked out on the southwest corner of the same I-25/CO-7 interchange, centers on a five-story hospital of roughly 443,880 square feet, paired with a three-story medical office building of about 61,120 square feet. The filing calls for an accessory helipad, several access points, and a landscape plan that holds back a large share of the property for open space and pedestrian routes. City documents posted by the County and City of Broomfield spell out parking layouts, ingress and egress, and transit links that would tie into the future Huron Street alignment and the CO-7 corridor, according to the City and County of Broomfield.
Zoning And The Tax Question
Neither project can move forward without land-use review. UCHealth’s draft building massing and AdventHealth’s parking and signage plans are likely to need deviations or amendments to existing planned unit development rules that cap height and set parking formulas. City staff and planners also note that hospitals are often treated as quasi-public, nonprofit uses that can be largely exempt from local taxes, a dynamic that will be scrutinized as officials weigh the long-term financial impact of hosting two new medical campuses, as reported by The Denver Post. Those zoning and fiscal questions are expected to be front and center when the city council and advisory boards take up the concepts.
Traffic, Access And Transit Considerations
Both concept packets map out internal ring roads, multiple driveways, and several local street extensions to absorb new traffic. UCHealth’s materials sketch an extension of W. 169th Avenue, a potential frontage road, and dedicated routing for emergency vehicles. AdventHealth’s design plugs into the planned Huron Street alignment and the CO-7 mobility corridor. The city notes that these access plans will need coordination with CDOT and the Baseline Metropolitan District, and that roadwork and transit connections will heavily influence the final campus layouts, according to the City and County of Broomfield project page.
What Happens Next
Both concepts are scheduled for review on Tuesday, Feb. 17, and residents can weigh in with written comments or by showing up to the meetings in person. UCHealth has said its existing 40-bed Broomfield Hospital would remain open even as the system builds out new services, and AdventHealth has indicated it will roll out more details through the city’s review process, KUNC reports. If either proposal clears concept review, it will move into formal applications and public hearings, where final design, parking, and the broader fiscal tradeoffs will all be up for debate.
