A redevelopment plan for the corner of East Green Street and Washington Road cleared a major hurdle when the Westminster Planning and Zoning Commission conditionally approved a simplified site plan for 285–289 East Green Street at its Wednesday, May 21, meeting.
The owner, ZFP Capital LLC, plans to demolish an aging wooden building along East Green Street and renovate the surviving concrete block structure with a full brick facade, new windows, decorative awnings, and a cornice. The design drew praise from commissioners, who held it up the same night as the standard the proposed cafe at 118 West Main Street should aspire to.
During the meeting, City Councilmember Daniel Hoff, who sits on the Westminster Planning and Zoning Commission, summed up the project's significance for the corridor: "Their design is great and obviously a big improvement over the existing facade, but also very much keeps the character of the historic nature. With this project going on and the project going down further on Green Street — the big condo building that is going in — I'm really excited for this end of Green Street. This project happens, that project happens. I think it's a great benefit for that area of town."
ZFP Capital intends to use the renovated East Green Street space as flexible retail. No tenant has been announced. An existing tenant currently occupies part of the property on a below-market lease, and their departure timeline remains unclear.
The project calls for demolishing not only the wooden building fronting East Green Street but also two sections of the existing concrete block structure. What remains will be refaced in brick and fitted with historically compatible windows, awnings, and a cornice.
The cleared footprint will become 55 on-site parking spaces and landscaping, supplemented by 11 spaces across Washington Road in a ZFP-owned lot. The commission had already granted an administrative adjustment on May 12, reducing the otherwise required count by 14 spaces.
The design is the work of Ratcliffe Architects and had been reviewed previously by the Historic District Commission, which supported the approach. City planning staff recommended approval, and commissioners followed without significant objection, attaching seven standard conditions covering revised site plan submissions, utility and stormwater coordination, road improvements, and permit sequencing.
The project is subject to a two-year null-and-void clause. Once conditions are met and building permits are issued, construction can begin. The full application is available on the meeting agenda.
Photo: from documents in the May 21, 2026, Planning and Zoning Commission Agenda