E-470 Public Highway Authority Service Areas Project

Overview

Deal Type Debt Capital Markets
Size $58.9 Million
Taxable Public Finance Authority Senior Lien Revenue Bonds
Client & Transactional Partners Applegreen
Our Role Sole Underwriter

Summary

In July 2025, KeyBanc Capital Markets served as Sole Underwriter on $58.9 million of taxable Public Finance Authority Senior Lien Revenue Bonds (E-470 Public Highway Authority Service Areas Project), Series 2025 (the Series 2025 Bonds, or the Bonds). 

The Series 2025 Bonds will finance the construction of four new service plazas along the 47-mile E-470 beltway around Denver, Colorado — Parker Southbound, Aurora Northbound, Commerce City Southbound, and Commerce City Northbound — under a long-term concession with the E-470 Public Highway Authority. Each plaza will feature fuel, food and beverage, convenience store, and electric vehicle services. The Bonds are being issued to (i) pay a portion of the costs and expenses incurred in connection with the design, construction, equipping and financing of the improvements; (ii) pay a portion of the interest payable on the Bonds during construction; and (iii) pay certain cost of issuing the Bonds and other permitted financing costs.

Applegreen is the largest highway travel plaza operator in Ireland and the second largest in the UK. It operates 620 forecourt sites across Ireland, U.K. and U.S. Applegreen has 530 locations and more than 700 food and beverage offerings. The key areas in the U.S. include the Midwest, across Indiana and Ohio, and the Northeast – New York, New Jersey, Maine, Delaware, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania.

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