Two days after Thanksgiving 2016, developer Walter “Buz” Koelbel’s sister told their 91-year-old mother, Gene, that the new headquarters for the Sewall Child Development Center would be named The Koelbel Building. “My mom was mentally OK, but her body was failing her,” Koelbel recalled. “When my sister told her the Sewall board had voted to…

Winter Park is at ground zero of a development blitz. Developments that are either about to take off or are on the drawing board are expected to put the ski resort that serves the Front Range on the map. What is happening at Winter Park reminds developer Walter “Buz” Koelbel of the growth around Union Station…