Bring Nash & Smashed to Boulder, CO
Launch at the foot of the Flatirons — capturing CU Boulder's 35,000+ students, tech/aerospace campuses and Twenty Ninth Street / 28th Street retail corridors.
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Boulder pairs a major Pac-12/Big 12 university enrollment at CU Boulder with high-earning software, quantum, biotech and aerospace offices clustered around Pearl East, Arapahoe Avenue, 28th Street and Gunbarrel. Because Boulder maintains strict growth boundaries, existing commercial corridors along 28th Street, Broadway, Baseline Road and Canyon Boulevard capture exceptionally concentrated daily traffic.
Whether operating a compact Express Unit steps from University Hill and CU's campus or a 1,600+ sq ft inline restaurant near Twenty Ninth Street and Arapahoe Avenue, franchisees benefit from strong daytime tech lunches, Buffs game-day surges and late-evening student delivery.
Flagship university foot traffic and tech daytime workforce along US-36
- Twenty Ninth Street, 28th Street (US-36) & Arapahoe Avenue: Boulder's premier vehicular retail and tech-office lunch spine with regional access from Louisville and Superior.
- University Hill, Broadway & Baseline Road (CU Boulder Campus Edge): Dense student housing and walkable campus blocks fueling lunchtime rushes and late-night delivery.
- Downtown Pearl Street East/West Fringe & Gunbarrel (Diagonal Hwy): Year-round visitor pedestrian blocks downtown plus aerospace and tech business parks in Northeast Boulder.