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 "id": "m-fe8ce81673",
 "url": "https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/co/lakewood-villa-italia-mall/",
 "tier": "curated",
 "release": "2026-10-21",
 "chips": {
  "documented": "a quoted excerpt supports the value",
  "reported": "a source or origin is named, no excerpt",
  "none": "no source recorded"
 },
 "fields": {
  "acres": {
   "value": 104.0,
   "chip": "reported",
   "origin": "research-planning",
   "origin_label": "research",
   "ref": "https://urbanland.uli.org/development-business/belmar-urbanizing-a-suburban-colorado-mall?p=75, https://www.lakewoodco.gov/Business/Reinvestment-Authority/LRA-Projects, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Italia",
   "quotes": []
  },
  "after_notes": {
   "value": "• Redevelopment: mixed use, new streets\n• Partial regreening: park",
   "chip": "reported",
   "origin": "arcgis-webmap",
   "origin_label": "authors' map",
   "ref": "RED-000",
   "quotes": []
  },
  "developer": {
   "value": "Continuum Partners",
   "chip": "reported",
   "origin": "arcgis-webmap",
   "origin_label": "authors' map",
   "ref": "RED-000",
   "quotes": []
  },
  "entitlement_year": {
   "value": 1997,
   "chip": "reported",
   "origin": "research-planning",
   "origin_label": "research",
   "ref": "https://urbanland.uli.org/development-business/belmar-urbanizing-a-suburban-colorado-mall?p=75, https://www.lakewoodco.gov/Business/Reinvestment-Authority/LRA-Projects, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Italia",
   "quotes": []
  },
  "gla_sqft": {
   "value": 1400000,
   "chip": "reported",
   "origin": "research-planning",
   "origin_label": "research",
   "ref": "https://urbanland.uli.org/development-business/belmar-urbanizing-a-suburban-colorado-mall?p=75, https://www.lakewoodco.gov/Business/Reinvestment-Authority/LRA-Projects, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Italia",
   "quotes": []
  },
  "narrative": {
   "value": "Belmar is a shopping mall in Downtown Lakewood, Colorado that opened in 2004 as a redevelopment of the Villa Italia Mall. It is owned and managed by Bridge33 Capital.",
   "chip": "reported",
   "origin": "wikipedia",
   "origin_label": "Wikipedia",
   "ref": "Villa Italia",
   "quotes": []
  },
  "owner_of_record": {
   "value": "B33 Belmar II LLC",
   "chip": "reported",
   "origin": "arcgis-webmap",
   "origin_label": "authors' map",
   "ref": "RED-000",
   "quotes": []
  },
  "planning_notes": {
   "value": "Approved by Lakewood voters (1997 referendum); Lakewood Reinvestment Authority / city. West Alameda Avenue Corridor Reinvestment Area, Phase II (Villa Italia site) https://www.lakewoodco.gov/Business/Reinvestment-Authority/LRA-Projects",
   "chip": "reported",
   "origin": "research-planning",
   "origin_label": "research",
   "ref": "https://urbanland.uli.org/development-business/belmar-urbanizing-a-suburban-colorado-mall?p=75, https://www.lakewoodco.gov/Business/Reinvestment-Authority/LRA-Projects, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Italia",
   "quotes": []
  },
  "public_subsidy": {
   "value": "Urban renewal; Lakewood Reinvestment Authority funded public infrastructure (sidewalks, streetlights, parks, parking structures) in partnership with Continuum Partners. TIF/bond amount not found.",
   "chip": "reported",
   "origin": "research-planning",
   "origin_label": "research",
   "ref": "https://urbanland.uli.org/development-business/belmar-urbanizing-a-suburban-colorado-mall?p=75, https://www.lakewoodco.gov/Business/Reinvestment-Authority/LRA-Projects, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Italia",
   "quotes": []
  },
  "status": {
   "value": "built",
   "chip": "reported",
   "origin": "derived from authors' map (retrofit year present)",
   "origin_label": "derived from authors' map (retrofit year present)",
   "ref": "RED-000",
   "quotes": []
  },
  "strategy": {
   "value": [
    "redevelop",
    "regreen"
   ],
   "chip": "reported",
   "origin": "arcgis-webmap",
   "origin_label": "authors' map",
   "ref": "authors' map label wins; replaced [\"redevelop\", \"regreen\"] on 2026-10-20",
   "quotes": []
  },
  "year_opened": {
   "value": 1966,
   "chip": "reported",
   "origin": "research-planning",
   "origin_label": "research",
   "ref": "https://urbanland.uli.org/development-business/belmar-urbanizing-a-suburban-colorado-mall?p=75, https://www.lakewoodco.gov/Business/Reinvestment-Authority/LRA-Projects, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Italia",
   "quotes": []
  },
  "year_retrofit": {
   "value": 2004,
   "chip": "reported",
   "origin": "arcgis-webmap",
   "origin_label": "authors' map",
   "ref": "RED-000",
   "quotes": []
  },
  "zoning_change": {
   "value": "Enclosed shopping center zoning (district code not found) → Mixed-use (PUD ordinance and date not found) (rezoning to mixed-use within an urban renewal area)",
   "chip": "documented",
   "origin": "research-planning",
   "origin_label": "research",
   "ref": "https://urbanland.uli.org/development-business/belmar-urbanizing-a-suburban-colorado-mall?p=75, https://www.lakewoodco.gov/Business/Reinvestment-Authority/LRA-Projects, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Italia",
   "quotes": [
    {
     "quote": "The site was rezoned (from that of an enclosed shopping center to a mixed-use development) and the redevelopment plan put in motion.",
     "url": "https://urbanland.uli.org/development-business/belmar-urbanizing-a-suburban-colorado-mall?p=75",
     "title": "Quoted support for zoning_change",
     "date": null,
     "kind": "research",
     "license": null
    }
   ]
  }
 }
}