Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers responds to the announcement about the future home of US Space Command. (Video provided by the City of Colorado Springs)
John Suthers has plenty of economic development wins as mayor a massive Amazon distribution center and Southwest Airlines expanding to Colorado Springs to name two but he called the loss of the U.S. Space Command to Huntsville, Ala., his biggest setback. We haven t had a whole lot of economic development bad news, but this would be my greatest (economic development) disappointment Suthers said during a news conference Wednesday on the headquarters decision.
Suthers was highly critical of the decision, calling it a political favor to Alabama s two U.S. senators, who championed President Donald Trump s efforts to object to electoral votes for Joe Biden by Arizona and Pennsylvania, and Republican U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks, who represents the Huntsville area.
Homes in Colorado Springs appreciated 11.3 percent in 2020 â ranking No. 5 nationwide in percentage increase in value. CaseyMartin / Shutterstock.com
On Jan. 4, only 341 single family detached homes in all price categories were for sale in El Paso County. Also listed that day were eight patio homes, 34 townhomes and 16 condos.
Harry Salzman, ERA Shields/Salzman Real Estate Services, pulled that data from the Colorado Multiple Listing Service.
In a county with a population currently estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau at more than 720,000, those figures reveal that homes are getting snapped up.
Another way to look at the local home market is months-supply data â the number of months it would take for current inventory on the market to sell, given the current pace.
A construction crew adds decorative brick work Tuesday to a home being built in the Bent Grass development in unincorporated Falcon, northeast of Colorado Springs. The local homebuilding industry enjoyed a banner year in 2020; nearly 4,500 permits were issued last year for the construction of single-family homes in El Paso County, the most since 2005. RICH LADEN, THE GAZETTE