According to the office of the Denver County Assessor, between 2021 and 2023, the median assessed value of all Denver residences (single-family, townhomes, and condos) increased by 33%. In contrast, Downtown Denver (or more specifically the Central Business District) is in a tough spot. In that same time period, the median change in assessed value of downtown office space increased by half a percent. To speak plainly, downtown Denver is among the worst downtowns in North America for foot traffic recovery and return to the office, and the firm Cushman and Wakefield projects that the Denver me ..read more

If you subscribe to BusinessDen, you’ll no doubt have read their two-part story, “Island Tripping,” on the constraints around the G & B Lines’ first stop outside of Downtown Denver. I recommend the story, but to summarize, the way the highways and freight rail cut this part of town off from the street grid concerns the city, vis-a-vis emergency services. There are currently two ways to drive into and out of the neighborhood: 47th Avenue across I-25; and the Fox Street, 38th Avenue, and Park Avenue intersection at the southern end of the “island.” Were a dense neighborhood to be built wit ..read more

Today, we have a very special update on Populus, where we take a look at the exterior and then head inside to see the progress being made on the interior. Populus is arguably one of the most architecturally unique projects going up in Downtown Denver and, when complete, will remain one of the most distinctive. Before we begin the tour, we want to extend a huge thank you to Adam Perkins and Eric Rymarz of Urban Villages for taking DenverInfill on an “Inside the Infill” tour. EXTERIOR Let’s begin with a look at the exterior of the project. At the time of our tour, the facade was mostly complet ..read more

When we last visited 18th and Glenarm, vertical work was just beginning. Fast-forward a few months, and a lot of activity has taken place on the project site. A second tower crane has been erected, and the project’s concrete structure has now risen above the podium levels. Since the point tower form is still pretty uncommon in Denver, it was curious to see how the tower configuration, with the accompanying podium, would pan out. When looking at the project from 19th Avenue, the twin-tower structure appears as one project. The shorter 32-story tower in the foreground below will even ..read more

Outside of River North, the Golden Triangle is another significant hotspot for development, with projects in all phases of the development process. Bannock Street, in particular, has five new projects, making it a dense urban spine through the neighborhood. While there are still many surface parking lots and underutilized areas in the neighborhood, the projects we are featuring today are significantly helping rebuild the neighborhood’s urban fabric. Last Roundup: Golden Triangle Roundup December 2022 COMPLETED PROJECTS Kindred Apartments. Formally reported as 990 Bannock, the Kindred Apart ..read more

If you caught the conclusion paragraph of our last River North roundup, we mentioned that something was brewing on DenverUrbanism. While the site was inactive the past couple of years, Andy Cushen, who you know from his excellent posts on DenverInfill, and James Warren have breathed new life into DenverUrbanism and have even started a podcast! We have been working hard to get the podcast on major platforms, such as Spotify and Apple Podcasts while providing access to offline downloads straight from DenverUrbanism and free streaming on YouTube; also, there is an RSS feed you can foll ..read more

As the bulk of visible construction for 1900 Lawrence begins to wrap up, downtown attention turns to the vacant lot next to Denver’s newest office tower. We’ve been waiting for some time for quality renderings of this two-tower project: the tease on Golub and Company’s website didn’t quite satisfy, and as we’ll see, there are major refinements to the site that are intelligible with more submittals to the city. At the beginning of February, the developers submitted a new Site Development Plan submittal and an Urban Design packet for the project, answering some questions about the future of th ..read more

While we are busy working on a Golden Triangle roundup, there is one project we will be visiting in detail before the roundup. The proposed project at West 11th Avenue and Cherokee Street aims to preserve one of the best brick retail buildings in the Golden Triangle while adding a significant amount of infill at this corner. After two rounds of design review, this project has its final review on February 13, with the recommendation to move forward. Furthermore, the first record of a building permit was filed with the city on January 24. Lastly, the site behind Cherokee Row, the single-story ..read more

Staying along the Broadway / Lincoln corridor, another project is gearing up for construction: 700 Lincoln. The site at East 7th Avenue and Lincoln Street formally featured a single-story retail building and accompanying surface parking lot. Just over a year ago, we mentioned in our Capitol Hill Roundup that 700 Lincoln was given the green light to move forward by the Downtown Design Advisory Board as the former retail building closed its doors. Recently, crews started demolition at the project site, which is a hopeful sign that this project is progressing. The construction permits ..read more

We reported over a year ago that work had begun at the AMLI Golden Triangle site at 8th Avenue and Broadway. Since that post, the site has sat quietly for most of 2023. As work progressed on the permitting side, a new contractor change was eventually submitted to the city, and work has finally begun on the site. As of this post, the site has been leveled off, with heavy machinery, including drills for foundation work, that are new to the construction site. In addition to the work on the site, the fences have been pushed out, with the new contractor, Swinerton, identified around the parameter ..read more