Loveland Colorado Shopping    Loveland Colorado is the home to more shopping than any city in Colorado per capita of population. In just the last three years it has become the leading regional shopping area in Northern Colorado. It has even surpassed it's northern neighbor of Fort Collins.

The major reason for this dramatic change was a developer named McWhinney Enterprises. In the beginning the family owned a large farm and property near the major interchange of I-25 and Colorado 34 and as they say the rest is history. Their 3000 acre shopping, office and office parks is named Centerra.

Before this development took place there already existed two old major features and one new feature at this location. One was the Cloverleaf Dog Track and the other a large factory store complex. The race track has since closed but the factory stores are still a successful part of this new Loveland Colorado shopping area.

However, the feature which seems to have started it all is the Larimer County Fairgrounds and Budweiser Events Center. This complex was a combination of moving the old fairgrounds from near downtown Loveland and the building of a brand new events center to not only serve Larimer County but all the small towns and cities north of Denver, which is 45 miles to the south.

This Loveland Colorado shopping area is anchored by the Promenade Shops at Centerra. This is a major new lifestyle shopping center which has many new innovative features. The Centerra development is 3000 acres at the intersection of I-25 and Colorado 34. Also at this section is a new development by Chrisland Development call fittingly 2534 which is also under development and has shops, restaurants and offices.

Another large shopping complex is along highway 34 on the east side of I-25 called the Marketplace. This area has big box stores and small shopping area mixed in with the many restaurants and hotels in this area. Centerra probably has more shopping and hotels than the rest of the city combined. However, this too is changing as large department stores like Kohl's and Lowes locate just down the road.

Just up the road, north, is the newest lifestyle center and the largest by a few thousand square feet, called Front Range Village. This new center is located in Fort Collins on Harmony Road just 1.5 miles west of I-25.

West of Loveland is the Big Thompson Canyon a spectacular entrance to the rocky mountains. Forty Five miles west on highway 34 up the Big Thompson Canyon is the city of Estes Park Village. This little towns main street is were locals and tourists who are not roaming around in the mountains like to shop. There are many unusual stores here.

The Centerra Marketplace on the northwest corner of I-25 and Highway 34.