Lone Tree is lining up a new power player for its east side, with a King Soopers Marketplace set to anchor a fresh open-air shopping center in the rapidly growing RidgeGate neighborhood. Developer Regency Centers is rolling out plans for what it is calling Lone Tree Village, a grocery-anchored cluster of shops, services, and fuel that aims to keep more day-to-day errands close to home.
Regency is marketing Lone Tree Village as an approximately 158,000-square-foot open-air center, according to the Denver Business Journal. Commercial property listings peg the site at about 158,114 square feet and place it within Lone Tree’s Meridian International Business Center, per CommercialCafe.
What’s Planned
The city’s project page lays out a King Soopers Marketplace of roughly 123,000 square feet, flanked by six smaller retail buildings and a standalone gas station on Lots 1–4 of RidgeGate East Filing No. 3. The application package included a replat, a site improvement plan, and several requests for parking variances. Those items were approved with conditions, according to the City of Lone Tree.
Timing And Where It Sits
The site lands in the RidgeGate Parkway couplet, essentially the island between the eastbound and westbound lanes of RidgeGate Parkway, next to High Note Avenue and Rhapsody Road. Construction was slated to begin in 2025 with an anticipated opening in 2026, according to RidgeGate. Local coverage has echoed that timeline, noting city council sign-off and an expected late-2025 or early-2026 groundbreaking window, per Colorado Community Media.
What A Marketplace Brings
King Soopers’ Marketplace format runs larger than the chain’s standard grocery stores and typically folds in expanded general merchandise, a pharmacy drive-thru, sit-down and grab-and-go food options, and an on-site fuel center. Recent Marketplace openings in Colorado have generally fallen in the 120,000 to 125,000 square foot range and added services such as coffee shops and specialty counters that cater to one-stop shopping, as reported by the Colorado Springs Gazette.
Who’s Building And Leasing
Regency Centers lists Lone Tree Village on its in-development roster and is handling leasing and tenant outreach for the site. The company identifies the project as one of its active Denver-area developments and is targeting neighborhood-focused retailers and service providers for the mix, per Regency Centers.
Why It Matters
For RidgeGate residents and nearby neighborhoods, Lone Tree Village promises closer grocery options and more routine retail without treks to larger shopping districts. The project also fits into Lone Tree’s broader push to build a denser, more amenity-rich City Center and to anchor new neighborhoods with everyday-use retail, a strategy city leaders have been pursuing for several years, according to the Denver Gazette.
Next Steps
Official project documents have been filed with the city, and the approvals are currently listed as "approved with conditions." Full plans are available through a records request. The City of Lone Tree’s project page includes instructions for reviewing application materials and tracking upcoming hearings and permits, per the City of Lone Tree.
