General Contractor in Aurora, CO
Aurora is Colorado’s third-largest city, home to roughly 400,000 residents across a footprint that stretches from the Denver line east toward Denver International Airport. That scale shows up in how varied the construction work is here: fire-rated medical office framing near the Anschutz Medical Campus, adaptive-reuse tenant buildouts inside the Stanley Marketplace — a converted former aircraft-parts plant now home to dozens of restaurants, shops, and offices — retail reinvestment at Town Center at Aurora, and residential remodeling across housing stock that spans Hoffman Heights’ 1940s post-war bungalows to the still-developing Aurora Highlands community near DIA.
Where We Work in Aurora
On the commercial side, our work concentrates around the Anschutz Medical Campus and Fitzsimons corridor, the Stanley Marketplace redevelopment, Town Center at Aurora, and the older commercial buildings inside Aurora’s City Center Urban Renewal Area along Alameda Avenue. On the residential side, most of our remodeling work — kitchens, bathrooms, basements, additions — concentrates in Aurora’s established neighborhoods: Hoffman Heights (built in the 1940s and ’50s), Kingsborough and Village East (largely 1970s-90s), where original systems and finishes are well past due for an update. Newer neighborhoods like Murphy Creek, Saddle Rock, Tollgate Crossing, and the still-developing Aurora Highlands generally see less remodeling demand for now, since that housing stock is newer.
A Note on Aurora’s Soil
Aurora sits on Pierre Shale-derived clay, one of the more reactive expansive soils in the Denver metro. It swells with spring moisture and puts real stress on foundations and retaining walls, and it can be excluded from some standard homeowner insurance policies — worth confirming with your insurer. We factor that into how we scope basement, foundation, and addition work in Aurora specifically.
Our Services in Aurora
- Steel Stud Framing in Aurora — commercial-grade framing for build-outs across Aurora’s medical and business districts, including Anschutz Medical Campus and Stanley Marketplace.
- Commercial Drywall in Aurora — finish work for retail, office, and medical tenant spaces.
- Tenant Improvement in Aurora — reconfiguring existing shells for medical, retail, and office tenants.
- Commercial Remodeling in Aurora — updates for older buildings along the City Center corridor and Town Center at Aurora.
- Basement Finishing in Aurora — a common need in Aurora’s older neighborhoods, especially Hoffman Heights and Kingsborough.
- Basement Remodeling in Aurora — updating a previously finished basement in an older Aurora home.
- Kitchen Remodeling in Aurora — for homes built during Aurora’s post-war and mid-century growth.
- Bathroom Remodeling in Aurora — same era, same story — original bathrooms overdue for an update.
- Home Addition in Aurora — added space for growing households in established Aurora neighborhoods.
Aurora on the Map
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Steel Bridge Construction handle commercial projects in Aurora, or just residential?
Both. We work directly with Aurora property owners on commercial remodeling, tenant improvements, and framing/drywall around districts like the Anschutz Medical Campus and Stanley Marketplace, and we also handle residential basement, kitchen, and bathroom renovations across the city’s established neighborhoods.
Do you pull permits through the City of Aurora?
Yes. Permits for Aurora projects run through the City of Aurora Building Division’s online plan review portal, and we manage the application, plan review, and inspection process as part of the job.
Is Aurora’s soil really a factor in basement or foundation work?
Yes — Aurora sits on expansive Pierre Shale clay, which moves seasonally and can be excluded from some standard homeowner insurance policies. We account for it when scoping basement and foundation-adjacent projects.
What parts of Aurora do you serve?
All of it — from Hoffman Heights, Kingsborough, and Village East to the Anschutz Medical Campus, Stanley Marketplace, Town Center at Aurora, and the newer growth areas near Southlands, Sky Ranch, and The Aurora Highlands — covering ZIP codes 80010 through 80019.
What is Stanley Marketplace, and do you work on projects there?
Stanley Marketplace is a mixed-use redevelopment of a former aircraft-parts manufacturing plant into restaurants, retail, and office space. We take on tenant improvement, framing, and drywall projects inside adaptive-reuse buildings like it, where existing conditions require extra care during scoping.