Leasable spaces | CSU Spur

Late opening CSU Spur will open at 11 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 29. We apologize for any inconvenience.

CSU Spur offers flex desks, offices, and lab space for rent. Spur tenants have access to:

Fiber internet
Mail service
Unlimited basic meetings* at no cost
Event space at the CSU affiliate rate
An innovation community in food, agriculture, energy, and water
Restaurant on-site
Parking for $55/month

The Spur campus is 15 minutes from downtown Denver and 30 minutes from Boulder.

Flex desks and offices

Type of space	General rate	Partner rate	Nonprofit partner rate
Office	$475/month	$425/month	$400/month
Flex desk	$300/month	$275/month	$250/month

Lab space

Type of space	Square footage	Monthly rate
HB-208/ with hood	239rsf	$1,873.50/month
HB-209/ with hood	220rsf	$1,750/month
HB-212/ no hood	239rsf	$1,553.50/month
HB-213/ no hood	225rsf	$1,462.50/month
HB-214/ no hood	152rsf	$988/month

*Basic meetings involve the use of space “as-is,” during normal business hours, without any support or catering, and for internal purposes. Meetings with external guests are permitted when a CSU employee or CSU Spur tenant is present and the meeting is intended for CSU or the tenant’s business. Requests for basic meetings must be made three business days in advance.

Virtual tenants

$150/month ($100/month for nonprofits) gets access to a flex desk twice per month and two basic meetings per month. Additional conference room use is at the CSU affiliate rate.

KATHLEEN GALVIN

University Distinguished Professor, College of Liberal Arts, Colorado State University

Dr. Kathleen Galvin is a University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Geography and former Director of the Africa Center at Colorado State University. She is also an Advising Faculty member for the Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, where she founded the Human-Environment Interactions specialization for graduate students interested in a robust academic background in social-ecological systems.

She has conducted interdisciplinary social-ecological systems research in the drylands of East Africa and East Asia. Galvin has worked with local communities on land-use change, biodiversity conservation, food security, and climate change impacts and adaptation. She uses social-ecological systems frameworks, simulation modeling, and geospatial tools to understand human-environment issues and interactions. Her current research examines local perceptions of climate change and environmental issues, and explores actions to achieve viable solutions in Kenya. Another project focuses on understanding the trade-offs of community-based conservation for people and the environment throughout Africa. She has just completed a NASA grant to understand household decisions, ecosystem change, and atmospheric water recycling in Kenya through modeling for water futures.

She has taken on transdisciplinary science, linking science with society to ensure that her work’s impact goes well beyond the academy. As a lead author of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES, 2019), she was instrumental in linking the science of biodiversity and ecosystem services with diverse governance and knowledge systems worldwide.

She is a Fellow in the Society of Applied Anthropology, a past Fellow in the Aldo Leopold Leadership Program, and a contributor to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. In 2012, she received the National Sustainability Science award from the Ecological Society of America for her team’s efforts to use their scholarship to collaborate with pastoral communities and policymakers in eastern Africa. In 2017, the College of Liberal Arts awarded her the John N. Stern Distinguished Professor Award, recognizing a career of outstanding research, teaching, and service achievement.