Visitors to Frisco this summer have probably noticed construction fencing and power tools whirling up, down and near Main Street.

From workforce housing to market-rate apartments, a new marketplace on Main Street and expanded facilities at the Frisco Adventure Park, a review of active building permits shows a busy construction season in Frisco.

Here’s a look at what’s going up in Frisco.

What’s going up on Frisco Main Street?

Smack dab in the middle of Main Street, a property that previously sat vacant for the better part of three years is now an active construction zone. Workers in hard hats worked busily at 310 Main St. on Tuesday, Aug. 6, as passerbys occasionally stopped to glance at the sign hanging from the construction fence: “Coming soon.” 

Frisco Base Camp Marketplace LLC finalized the purchase of the property earlier this year with plans to open Prospector’s Marketplace, a mining-themed marketplace that will feature multiple food options, two bars and an arcade game room. There will also be four luxury apartments located above the marketplace.

Patti Edgar of Edgar-Roman Properties said that Prospector’s Marketplace is currently on track to open next July.

“It’s super exciting,” Edgar said. “I think the minute the steel and wood went up we started receiving a lot of calls from people interested in the condo units and a lot of people wanting to see when the marketplace would open.”

When it opens, Prospector’s Marketplace is expected to bring a host of local favorite eateries to Main Street. The marketplace has agreements with Crepes A La Cart, Chimayo Grill, True Blue Coffee & Gelato, Lucky Bird, Lazo Empanadas, Salvador’s Pizza and McCoy’s Bar, according to its website.

Further down the street, a cement truck churned outside 80 W. Main St., where a condominium complex is under construction at the foot of Mount Royal. The 9097′ Flats consist of 36 units, including four that are deed restricted.

With “mountain modern” architecture, one- to three-bedroom condos and about 10,000 square feet of commercial space on the ground floor, a listing broker with Slifer Smith & Frampton previously told Summit Daily News that the project is expected to be completed in 2025.

Just off Frisco Main Street

Just off Frisco Main Street, a new workforce housing structure at 619 Granite St. is expected to soon be home to Colorado Department of Transportation employees as well as local workers in Summit County.

Known as Granite Park, the 22-unit development includes five studio units, 11 one-bedroom units and six two-bedroom units, according to the Frisco town website. Half of the units will be available for CDOT employees while the other half will become available for employees that work for other businesses in the Frisco area.

Frisco Housing Programs Specialist James Gorham said that 11 town-owned units will be open to those employed in Summit County for a minimum of 30 hours a week on an annual basis and earn up to 80% of the area median income.

The town will have a lottery run by the Summit Combined Housing Authority for the units likely in October, Gorham said. Residents could reportedly start moving into the units as soon as November.

On the opposite side of Main Street, a residential townhome complex consisting of five units is under construction at 313 Galena St., according to information provided by the Frisco Community Development Department.

Tucked a little bit further back from Main Street, another townhome complex is planned to go up on South Third Avenue, consisting of four units, records show. At the corner of Frisco Street and South Seventh Avenue, a four-unit project consisting of two duplexes, is also under construction. Single-family homes are planned on South Fifth Avenue and on North Seventh Avenue. There are also at least three units with active building permits on Second Avenue, according to the community development department.

Construction off Main Street

Among the projects that have many in the town of Frisco government and community excited is the Slopeside Hall project at the Frisco Adventure Park. Construction of the two-story, 7,800 square-foot has continued throughout the summer, after starting in spring 2023. 

Frisco communications director Vanessa Agee said that Slopeside Hall is on track to be completed this fall. Agee said that the town has seen an “extraordinary demand” for youth camps, and this new facility will allow for increased capacity at day camps like the town’s popular Frisco Fun Club.

The facilities also include offices for Frisco Adventure Park employees — some of whom are currently working in the basement of the Day Lodge — and new bathroom spaces for people to change and freshen up, Agee said. It will help serve as a space for event registration, like during races at the Nordic Center, and can be utilized by afterschool programs and nonprofits, she added.

“This gives everyone a little more elbow room,” Agee said.

A yurt is also being constructed near Slopeside Hall as well as a tube storage building for the tubing hill, according to the community development department.

On Miner’s Creek Road on the north side of town, a building permit was recently taken out for the demolition of an existing structure and the construction of a new residence, records show.

A project known as the Basecamp Lofts and Studios on Lusher Court also has an active building permit. Community development department records show a 22-unit building and an eight-unit building planned for the site.