St Anthony’s Development

We can not talk about Sloan’s Lake without mentioning the St. Anthony’s development. Since 1892, St Anthony’s Hospital offered healthcare to the community. Over the years, its 180 bed hospital grew to a million square foot hospital. As the hospital grew, so did the community around the hospital. In the early 2000s, St Anthony’s Hospital announced that it had outgrown the 19 acre campus and its intention to move to the Federal Center in Lakewood.

Today St. Anthony’s Hospital has move to Lakewood and the site in which it stood is cleared. Plans for what will be built on the 24 acres are in the works. The General Development Plan approved up to 20 story buildings in this space with goals of bringing more life into the South Sloans Lake Area. The plans are to add multi-family and residential homes, creating open space for the community, preserving St. Anthony’s Chapel and commercial space. The commercial space would be used to retail, Alamo Draft house Cinema, restaurants and office space. 

As with any change (and unknowns), there are a lot of different views on this development. From a real estate view, it will greatly help the neighborhood and home values. Sloan’s Lake has been a great attraction for many and a desirable place to live in the past years. It’s central location offers residents a quick drive into Downtown and easy access to the highways to get to the mountains. This space will allow Sloan’s Lake to be a stand alone neighborhood with walkability to most every day activities, such as the grocery store, entertainment (restaurants, bars, movie theater), work (for some) and shopping.