On September 2, a third-party engineer walked the ground at 1350 Blevins Buckle Trail and passed two footing inspections for a 129,000-square-foot Target. Two days earlier, the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department had issued permit Q58351 to Ryan Companies US. Regional Building values the project at $22.3 million.
The shopping center and the Jackson Creek Parkway widening run on two separate calendars. The developer controls the first. The second depends on grant deadlines, a stormwater pond and a phase the town hasn't found money for. Side by side, the likely order has the stores opening first, the northbound widening is still being built, and the southbound lanes come years later, if they're funded at all.
What's going up south of the Home Depot
The project is called Legacy at Jackson Landing. It covers 30.216 acres on the east side of I-25, south and west of where Blevins Buckle Trail meets Jackson Creek Parkway. It is a separate development from Monument Marketplace, the Home Depot and Kohl's center directly to its north, which was platted in 2003 and 2006. The Monument Independent points out that the two are easy to mix up. Legacy is new ground, and its first phase runs along Monument Marketplace's southern edge.
Phase 1 covers 22.032 acres, laid out like this:
| Parcel | What the approved plan puts there |
|---|---|
| Lot 1 | Target, in the northwest corner nearest the interstate |
| Lot 2 | A second anchor and a row of shops, just east of Target |
| Lot 3 | One building with four or five attached retail and restaurant spaces, to the south |
| Tract A | A stormwater detention pond in the southwest corner, with a ten-foot soft-surface trail looping around it and running along the east side of I-25 |
At full build-out the site is platted for nine lots. Buildings are capped at 50 feet. The Target is drawn at 24 feet 8 inches, with a tower element that reaches 40 feet.
The applicant is Chris Hake of Legacy Development Partners, based in Phoenix. The Garrett Companies of Denver is listed as owner and developer on the plan set, and Kimley-Horn's Colorado Springs office is the engineer. Target isn't the only building under way. On August 26, Regional Building issued a core-and-shell permit to The Garrett Construction Company for 1330 Blevins Buckle Trail, right next to the Target.
Five names are signed, and one still needs a hearing
Monument Mayor Mitch LaKind has named the center's signed tenants as Target, Marshalls, HomeGoods, Chick-fil-A and Firehouse Subs. In April he told KKTV the finished center would be more than 225,000 square feet, and said, "Hopefully, people will come north and start shopping instead of having to head South." Legacy Development Partners told the station it was still working to fill the remaining space.
A signed tenant isn't the same as an approved building. The Chick-fil-A is filed with the town as case 2026-012: a 4,728-square-foot restaurant with two drive-through lanes, 88 indoor seats, 24 patio seats and 71 parking spaces on a 1.48-acre parcel. It still needs a Planning Commission hearing. As of mid-October, the project record still listed the case as under review.
So the tenant most likely to add drive-through traffic to Blevins Buckle Trail is also the one that hasn't been approved yet.
The road work the developer has to do
When the town council approved the project 7-0 on November 3, 2025, the Phase 1 plan made the developer responsible for a set of public road improvements:
- Widening Blevins Buckle Trail up to Jackson Creek Parkway
- Adding medians and turn lanes
- Realigning the north-south leg of Blevins Buckle
- Installing a traffic signal at Blevins Buckle and Jackson Creek Parkway
This is the only road work tied directly to the store. The developer pays for it, and it gets built as part of the project. The council attached one condition of its own: any freestanding sign has to be a monument sign about the same height as the signs at Monument Market Place North.
The signal fixes one intersection. During earlier planning, The Gazette reported existing congestion at Baptist Road and Jackson Creek Parkway and at Lyons Tail Road and Jackson Creek Parkway. The developer said the new signal would not be the final answer for Lyons Tail.
The parkway widening runs on a different clock
The bigger fix is the town's own project. It widens Jackson Creek Parkway from Higby Road north to Highway 105, from one lane each way to two, with new drainage, medians, bike and pedestrian facilities, lighting and intersection work. The town is building it one side at a time to keep the cost down, and the two sides are on very different schedules.
In August, town staff said the northbound lanes were 90% designed, would go out to bid in October, and should be finished in spring 2028. By the October 5 council meeting, staff said they hoped to put the bid out in December instead. Staff cited redesigns, property purchases, the Colorado Department of Transportation's specifications, and the re-engineering needed after the town chose to build one side first. Construction is now expected to start in February or March 2027, depending on the bids. The spring 2028 finish was forecast before that two-month slip.
The money is set aside. The draft 2027 capital fund carries $8 million for the northbound lanes. Only $808,923 of that comes from the town, and the rest comes from state and federal grants. That's why staff called starting construction next year "priority number one." Part of the grant money would be lost if work slipped past 2027, as The Monument Independent reported.
Drainage is one of the things holding it up. The new lanes need stormwater detention. A regional pond was planned south of Higby Road, but the landowner wasn't willing to give up the site, though talks have since restarted. Until that's settled, the town plans a temporary pond in the Higby Road right-of-way between the parkway and the highway. That means moving lines belonging to Woodmoor Water and Sanitation District No. 1. Under an agreement the council approved 5-0, the town pays to lower the district's raw water main, estimated in April at $44,650.76. The district pays to move its sewer main, estimated at $112,829.85.
Put the two calendars together. The developer told KKTV in April it expected the center to open in October 2027. If northbound construction starts in early 2027 as planned, crews will still be working on the parkway when the stores open, by the schedule the town itself has given.
The southbound half has a price and a year, but no money
The draft capital plan prices the southbound lanes at $8 million, up from the $7 million figure in August. It schedules construction for 2029 and names no funding source.
Staff asked the council whether to put traffic impact fees toward it. The town charges those fees on new development, and the draft expects $2.39 million from them in 2027, up from $100,000 budgeted for 2026. The council made no decision. Mayor LaKind asked whether developers along the southbound side could be made to pay, and said developers, not a bond issue put to voters, should cover their impact on the road. Planning director Dan Ungerleider said some of those properties already have development agreements that set their parkway contributions. He said staff will bring back a recalculated transportation impact fee after the new year, and that the town does not yet "have a silver bullet" for the second phase. A council member noted that if the town's use tax question passes in November, that money also goes to roads.
The official project website still shows phase labels that don't match what's in the town's October 2026 budget. The council reporting is the more recent record of where things stand.
Why the town is counting on the stores anyway
The town's budget is counting on this center. Asked what drives the projected jump in sales tax, finance manager Laurie Young pointed to Legacy at Jackson Landing and to new businesses such as a Panda Express and a Dairy Queen. Staff also said Legacy won't be finished at the start of 2027, so its sales tax will arrive late. One of the two questions staff put to the council asked whether to fund police positions "with knowledge that Legacy development will generate additional revenue to fund positions in 2028 and beyond."
Some of that new business is already on the corridor. Panda Express held its ribbon-cutting and opened Monument's first location at 16481 Cinematic View on July 21, according to The Gazette. On September 21 the town council approved the final plan for a 7 Brew drive-through at 15882 Jackson Creek Parkway. The Tribune didn't give an opening date.
Water and sewer for the Target site come from the Triview Metropolitan District, which told the town it had capacity and approved the utility plans in June. Staff hope to put the northbound parkway bid out in December, and the council takes up the final 2027 budget on November 2, with adoption set for December 7.
If you're weighing what a new Target, a new traffic signal and more than a year of northbound parkway work mean for a home near Jackson Creek Parkway, Colorado's Choice Homes can go through the timeline with you street by street, and we're available nights and weekends. Ask us for a free home valuation or a relocation plan that accounts for what's being built nearby.
