A three-acre community park, an Asian-themed food hall, and hundreds more apartments and townhomes.

All are bound for Downtown Westminster — and they’re stoking optimism about the future of the major redevelopment, providing the next building blocks in this suburb’s long-term vision of a city center where a giant shopping mall once sat.

“There’s a whole second phase of development that is about to come online,” said Heather Cronenberg, the city’s real estate development manager. “We think it’s going to be a draw from all over the metro area.”

The realization of Downtown Westminster, an innovative urban infill project rising from the ashes of the old Westminster Mall, has been underway for about 15 years near where North Sheridan Boulevard meets U.S. 36. It hasn’t all been smooth saili

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