Clayworks

About This Project

Clayworks is a large-scale mixed-use redevelopment transforming the historic CoorsTek site in downtown Golden into a walkable, sustainable district anchored by a new global headquarters for CoorsTek. The project is led by AC Development, the real estate arm of the Coors family, and reimagines the former industrial campus into roughly 1 million square feet of new space that blends work, living, hospitality, retail, and open space. The master plan calls for 600,000–700,000 square feet of office space, about 550 multifamily housing units, a 150-room hotel and conference center, restaurants and retail offerings, and significant public open space with new connections into downtown. Early phases focus on the CoorsTek headquarters and additional office space marketed to health, wellness and community-oriented tenants. Clayworks emphasizes sustainability, wellness, and community integration, with design features such as geothermal energy, LEED-certified buildings, walkable streetscapes, plazas and public amenities. The district is expected to evolve over 10–15 years through phased construction. The redevelopment also celebrates the site’s long history—originally founded in the late 1800s as a glassworks and later ceramics manufacturing facility—by preserving parts of historic structures and weaving Golden’s local legacy into the project’s future identity.