Lone Tree Village marks RidgeGate’s next phase with new King Soopers Marketplace

A new King Soopers Marketplace is moving RidgeGate toward the commercial center Lone Tree has been planning for years, with Lone Tree Village now framed as a roughly 158,000-square-foot retail anchor that could change where residents shop, eat and run errands.

The project broke ground on April 10 and the city highlighted the milestone in a June 1 update. Lone Tree Village is expected to open in 2027 on Lots 1-4 of RidgeGate East Filing No. 3, between the eastbound and westbound portions of RidgeGate Parkway near High Note Avenue and Rhapsody Road.

Lone Tree City Council approved the development plan on April 15, 2025. The proposal calls for a stand-alone grocery store, six smaller retail buildings and a stand-alone gas station, along with new driveways, parking lots, sidewalks, outdoor amenity spaces and landscaping. Regency Centers says the project also includes about 31,000 square feet of shop space and a prominent outparcel opportunity.

The King Soopers anchor will be 123,000 square feet, giving the development the scale to function as more than a neighborhood grocer. City and developer materials say the intent is to bring a mix of shopping, dining and daily services into one place for the growing RidgeGate corridor, reducing the need for some trips outside Lone Tree for basic errands.

Regency Centers says the center was designed with a pedestrian-oriented, main-street feel along Rhapsody Road, with walkways, bike connections, outdoor gathering areas and a signature plaza. The project is also targeting LEED Silver certification and includes EV charging infrastructure, signaling that the development is being built with both convenience and long-term operating costs in mind.

The grocery store is being presented as a practical response to growth in one of the city’s fastest-changing areas. RidgeGate is a 3,500-acre planned development south of Lincoln Avenue and on both sides of Interstate 25, and the city says it remains Lone Tree’s largest growth area over the coming decades. It is currently home to nearly 5,000 residents, while the U.S. Census Bureau estimated Lone Tree’s population at 15,278 as of July 1, 2025.

King Soopers says the new store will expand access to fresh, affordable food and create jobs. Regency Centers says Lone Tree Village is part of a broader RidgeGate expansion that includes thousands of new residential units, civic uses and employment centers, making the project a visible sign of how the city’s commercial core is evolving around population growth and daily-needs retail.