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On May 10, nearly 200 federal, state and local officials joined with the Regional Transportation District (RTD) and honored guests to officially break ground on RTD's Southeast Rail Extension project. The extension will add 2.3 miles to the existing 19-mile Southeast Rail Line, from Lincoln Avenue to RidgeGate Parkway in Douglas County. The construction project will create more than 300 jobs through 2019 while adding three bridges and three new stations. The new stations will be located at Sky Ridge Avenue (near the Sky Ridge Medical Center); the future Lone Tree City Center; and an end-of-line station at RidgeGate Parkway with 1,300 parking spaces. All stations will be within walking distance of more than 500 acres of new mixed-used, commercial and residential development.  The $233.1 million construction budget includes a $92 million capital investment grant to RTD from the Federal Transit Administration.
 
The Regional Transportation District (RTD) received official notice that the B Line from Denver Union Station to Westminster will be ready and open for service on July 25, 2016. This notice came from project concessionaire, Denver Transit Partners (DTP). The B Line to Westminster will be the second electric commuter rail line to operate in Denver-the first being the University of Colorado A Line to Denver International Airport, which began service on April 22. Electric commuter rail vehicles are faster than light rail, with a top speed of 79 mph versus 55 mph. The vehicles are also larger and carry more people than light rail vehicles-200 people at maximum. Commuter rail vehicles have level boarding at all doors of the train and have two wheelchair spaces per car. These trains also have large seats, overhead storage, luggage towers and bicycle racks. This segment of the B Line will serve two stations-Denver's Union Station and the new Westminster Station located at West 69th Avenue (future Westminster Station Drive) and Grove Street. The remaining segment, from south Westminster to Longmont, will be diesel-powered commuter rail. Construction of the line from Westminster to Longmont will begin when funding becomes available. The B Line to Westminster is part of the Eagle P3 project, the nation's first full public-private partnership for transit. Eagle P3 is a $2.2 billion project, which includes local RTD taxes combined with a $1.03 billion federal grant and $450 million from DTP, the project concessionaire.  As concessionaire, DTP will build, operate and maintain the trains for 34 years.
 
RTD's Board of Directors has officially named Dave Genova as the new General Manager and CEO. Dave has been successfully leading RTD as the Interim General Manager and CEO since April, 2015. Prior to that, he served eight years as the Assistant General Manager of Safety, Security and Facilities. He brings extensive leadership experience, including overseeing the safety certification for rail openings and the renovation of Union Station as well as serving on several national committees.  Dave was selected for the position after an extensive 11 month process, and we congratulate him in this new leadership role.
 
Denver is kicking off Denveright - Your Voice Our Future - four major citywide planning efforts this month that will guide the development of the city for the next twenty years: 
  • Blueprint Denver (the integrated land use and transportation plan),
  • Denver Moves: Transit (Denver's first-ever transit plan),
  • Denver Moves: Pedestrians and Trails (updating and going beyond the Pedestrian Master Plan), and
  • Game Plan (Denver's master plan for parks) 
 
Denver Councilwoman Kniech reports that Denver's first mobile public restroom launched as a pilot in Capitol Hill. So far the restroom has averaged about 50 users per day, with the overwhelming majority coming from nightlife and entertainment activities. Next steps include expanding awareness of the service as warmer weather approaches, on-going monitoring and evaluation of the pilot, and exploration of other public restroom opportunities. 
 
Council Member Kniech also reports that City Council is tackling a broad array of major policy initiatives.  In March, Council established a set of policy priorities for the coming year, including two that have long-been on our annual budget priority lists and the subject of working groups: 1) Mobility and Transportation and 2) Housing and Homelessness.  Council added a new priority 3) Economic and Workforce Development, focused on overcoming persistent economic barriers for underserved communities and creating more local hiring on major city projects.
 
The City and County of Denver held an Affordable Housing public meeting on April 26 at East High School presented by Mayor Hancock and City Council Members Robin Kniech and Albus Brooks, the meeting featured a presentation and discussion on Denver's affordable housing policy proposals, resources and services.  Among the key topics of discussion were a proposed new, local funding source to provide at least $150 million over the first 10 years to support housing affordability.  Announced by Mayor Hancock in his 2015 inaugural address, the new fund would allow for the creation, preservation and rehabilitation of 6,000 affordable housing units over 10 years. Over the past several months, city officials - together with housing advocates, developers, homeless service providers, community representatives and industry groups - have been exploring the best approach for establishing a new, local housing fund.
 
Denver City Council Member Kendra Black arranged a meeting of over 350 people to discuss options for Wellshire Golf Course, High Line Canal and Yale Avenue. This meeting brought together representatives from Denver Water, Denver Parks & Recreation, the High Line Canal Conservancy, and Denver Public Works.  More information at:
 
 
Future High Line Canal Conservancy events will be: 
  • Wed., June 8, 4-8 pm, Aurora Central Library
  • Thurs., June 9, 4-8 pm, Goodson Rec Center
  • Wed., July 20, 4-8 pm, Eloise May Library
  • Thurs., July 9, 4-8 pm, Eisenhower Rec Ctr
  • Wed., September 7, Kent Denver School
  • Thursday, September 8, time and location TBD
  • Wed., October 19, location and time TBD
  • Thurs., October 20, Wellshire Inn
 
 
Central and Southeast Denver Real Estate
 
Details Revealed for LoDo Hotel
Source: Denver Cityscape
T2 Hospitality revealed the design and details for the hotel it is proposing to develop at 16th and Market streets in LoDo. The as-yet unnamed hotel will be 12 stories in height and contain 220 rooms. The building will also contain 6,000 square feet of street level retail space and a 59-space garage.
 
Lucky Strike Expanding Pavilions Space
Source: Denver Post
Lucky Strike Entertainment is expanding its operations at the Denver Pavilions retail center on the 16th Street Mall in downtown Denver. The company currently operates a bowling alley in the center. The new adjacent facility will be called FTW and will feature a games arcade and restaurant in 13,000 square feet.
 
Bike Facilities Expanded at Union Station
Source: Denver Urbanism
Facilities are being expanded at Denver Union Station to serve bicyclists. Denver B-Cycle is adding two new stations containing 51 spaces, in addition to ten new bicycle racks on Wynkoop Street. The City and County of Denver recently completed improved bicycle lanes, sidewalks and crosswalks on Wynkoop Street at the entrance to Denver Union Station.
 
Sage Reveals Details of Dairy Block Hotel
Source: Denver Business Journal
Sage Hospitality announced details for its planned hotel in the Dairy Block mixed-use development in LoDo. Dairy Block is being developed by McWhinney and Grand American, Inc. on Wazee Street between 18th and 19th streets. It will include 60,000 square feet of retail pace, 250,000 square feet of office space and The Maven, a 172-room boutique hotel by Sage Hospitality. Dairy Block is scheduled to be completed in the spring of 2017.  
 
SendGrid Relocating to Denver and Expanding
Source: Denver Post
Email technology firm SendGrid is relocating to downtown Denver from Boulder. The company leased 52,000 square feet at 1801 California Street and will move from its current Pearl Street headquarters in Boulder by the end of 2016. SendGrid currently employs about 200 people and the new quarters will ultimately allow an expansion to about 500 workers.
 
Unico Completes Block Purchases
Source: Business Denver
Unico completed the purchase of all the properties on the west side of Platte Street north of 15th Street in downtown Denver. The Seattle based firm bought the Big Chief Bottling Company building at 1537 Platte Street for $5 million, or about $500 per square foot for the 10,000 square foot building. The building was sold by an investment entity managed by Christine Lapierre and Louis Pappageorge. Unico is planning an 82,000 square foot building nearby on Platte Street but did not reveal any redevelopment plans for its latest acquisition. .
 
California Firm Buys New Downtown Apartments
Source: Denver Business Journal
American Realty Advisors bought Elan Union Station, a new apartment building in downtown Denver. The Glendale, California based company acquired the 314 unit building at 1975 19th Street from a partnership of Greystar and Goldman Sachs for an undisclosed price. The building also contains 38,000 square feet of street level retail space, mainly occupied by a King Soopers market. The property was marketed by HFF.
 
TIAA Confirms 700 Job Expansion in Denver
Source: Denver Business Journal
TIAA confirmed that it will add about 700 more employees to its Denver hub over the next eight years. The New York-based company provides financial retirement services and currently employs about 1,500 people at 1670 Broadway in downtown Denver. TIAA recently renewed its lease in the downtown building that bears its name, adding 50,000 square feet and bringing total occupancy to 350,000 square feet.
 
Compromise Reached on Uptown Apartment Building
Source: Denver Post
A compromise was reached that will allow Southern Land Company to develop a 325-unit apartment building in uptown. The project at 538 East 17th Avenue was controversial because the original plans would require the demolition of the historic Uptown Tavern. The agreement reached between Nashville-based Southern Land and Historic Denver allows the project to increase from 315 to 325 units and have ten floors instead of eight. The enlarged size will enable to building to sit back from the street, allowing the Uptown Tavern to remain. The agreement must be approved by the Denver City Council.
 
Federal Boulevard Hotel Under Construction
Source: Business Denver
Colorado Hospitality Services started construction on a dual-branded hotel in the Sun Valley neighborhood of west Denver. The 120-room hotel will feature Mainstay Suites and Comfort Suites units. The four-story building is located in the northeast quadrant of Federal Boulevard and West 6th Avenue.
 
More Apartments Set for Sloans Lake
Source: Business Denver
A partnership of Peak Development Group and Slipstream Properties plans to start construction soon on X at Sloans Lake, a 58 unit apartment building in west Denver. The five story building will be located on Xavier Street north of West Colfax Avenue, several blocks west of the much larger redevelopment of the former St. Anthony Hospital location. .
 
Downtown Building Being Converted to Hotel
Source: Denver Post
AAA Hotel Developers resumed construction on the conversion of a former downtown office building into a 111-room hotel. The five story building at 333 West Colfax Avenue is being expanded by three floors. Construction, which had been dormant for several months, is now scheduled for completion in early 2017. The hotel will be branded as a Staybridge Suites. 
 
EFG Buys West Denver Apartment Site
Source: Business Denver
EnviroFinance Group completed the assemblage of almost a city block of land at 4017 West Colfax Avenue between Quitman and Perry streets in west Denver. The company, which is the master redeveloper of the nearby former St. Anthony's hospital site, expects to partner with the Denver Housing Authority to construct affordable housing on the property. No specifics were released, but the general concept calls for about 100 apartment units with possible ground floor retail space. 
 
Argyle Plans Golden Triangle Tower
Source: Denver Cityscape
Argyle Interests filed plans with the City and County of Denver for a 14-story apartment building at 1256 Delaware Street in the Golden Triangle neighborhood. The 176-unit project by the Austin-based company will also include 2,200 square feet of ground floor retail space. It is the latest in a series of apartment buildings to be built or proposed in the neighborhood south of downtown Denver.
 
Gaddis Planning Curtis Park Micro Apartments
Source: Business Denver
Gaddis Property Management is planning to develop a 56 unit apartment building at 3148 Stout Street on the northern edge of Curtis Park. Units in D-Line would be of the emerging micro variety, with no on-site parking and sizes of about 320 square feet. D-Line derives its name from its proximity to the RTD light rail station at 30th and Downing streets. Pending approval by Denver planners construction on D-Line could begin in early 2017. 
 
Italian Partners Plan Denver Brewery
Source: Business Denver
Two Italian restauranteurs plan to open an Italian restaurant and brewery in Curtis Park. Alex Liberati and Francesco Iacovina will occupy the vacant Golden Bell Press building at 24th and Champa streets. The brewery will create Italian grape ales instead of beer made from grains. In addition to the 36,000 square foot building the partners plan a 24,000 square foot outdoor beer garden. 
 
Trammell Crow Plans Arapahoe Square Tower
Source: Denver Infill
Trammell Crow Residential, one of the most active apartment developers in metro Denver, submitted plans to the City and County of Denver for another downtown project. Alexan 20th Street Station is proposed for a site on the east side of California Street between 20th and 21st streets in the Arapahoe Square neighborhood on the northern edge of downtown. Pending approval by Denver planners the twelve story building will contain 354 apartment units. The site is one block from the RTD Welton Street light rail line. Construction is scheduled to begin later this year.
 
Hotel Planned for RiNo Site
Source: Business Denver
Gravitas Development Group plans to construct a 50-room hotel in the RiNo district north of downtown. The Ramble Hotel would be located at the southeast corner of 25th and Larimer streets. A date for start of construction was not announced.
 
Condos to Begin Construction in Curtis Park
Source: Denver Post
Construction is scheduled to begin this summer on the first phase of Sustainability Park, a two-block condominium and townhouse project in the Curtis Park neighborhood. The Denver Housing Authority sold the site on Lawrence Street between 25th and 27th streets to Curtis Park Group, which is affiliated with Westfield Company. The initial phase will contain 91 condominium units and eight townhouses on the southern edge of the property. Units are expected to sell in a range starting in the high $200,000s.
 
Climbing Gym Considers RiNo Site
Source: Business Denver
A New York-based climbing gym may open a Denver facility in RiNo. Brooklyn Boulders reportedly is considering leasing 34,000 square feet in a former warehouse at 3201 Walnut Street. The 50,000 square foot building is slated for renovation into a mixed use project by a group of developers including Dana Crawford. SVN Denver Commercial brokers Mike Carnes and John Sheflin are representing Brooklyn Boulder in lease negotiations,
 
IMT Capital Purchases City Park Apartments
Source: Business Denver
IMT Capital bought the Retreat at the Park, a 240-unit apartment property at East 16th Avenue and Fillmore Street in east central Denver. The nine-year old community is one block south of City Park. The purchase price was $70,950,000, which equates to about $295,000 per unit. The seller was an entity of the Blackstone Group, which bought Retreat at the Park in 2014. 
 
Retailers Leasing Cherry Creek East Space
Source: Business Denver
The owner of a remodeled office building in Cherry Creek East leased all of the ground floor retail space. Ogilvie Properties is extensively renovating the 40-year old building at 3300 East 1st Avenue. Upon completion, the building will have 66,000 square feet of office space and 34,000 square feet of retail space in an addition facing East 1st Avenue. The retail space has been preleased to three tenants, the largest of which is a 27,000 square foot Tru Fit gymnasium.
 
BMC Starting Cherry Creek North Hotel
Source: Denver Business Journal
BMC Investments began construction on the Moxy, a 170 room hotel at 240 Josephine Street in Cherry Creek North. The Moxy is a new hotel brand of Marriott International. Construction on the $35 million project is expected to by completed in mid-2017. BMC will complete construction this summer on the Halcyon, a boutique hotel on Columbine Street adjacent to the site of the Moxy.
 
Inspires Buys Colfax Avenue Hotel
Source: Business Denver
Inspire Investment Group acquired the All Inn Motel, a four-story hotel at East Colfax Avenue and Milwaukee Street in east central Denver. The building was purchased for $3,550,000 through a federal bankruptcy auction. The building will operate as a hotel while the new owner considers potential options, including conversion to apartments or demolition for new development.
 
Pauls Corporation Buys Cherry Creek Condo Site
Source: Business Denver
The Pauls Corporation confirmed earlier reports of its plans to develop a 12-story condominium in Cherry Creek North by buying the proposed site. The developer acquired a 0.4 acre parcel at 149 Steele Street from First Bank for $3.8 million, or about $216 per square foot. The building is expected to contain 155 units, with presales beginning in mid-2017. 
 
Nest Home Planning Cherry Creek East Condos
Source: Business Denver
Nest Home Company plans to develop The Cassidy, a 37-unit condominium project in Cherry Creek East. The development will ocuppy a 0.72 acre site at 109 to 147 South Harrison Street, replacing some older apartment buildings. Sale prices at The Csssidy are expected to range from the high $400,000s to the mid-$600,000s. Completion is scheduled for late 2017. Nest Homes is currently constructing a 15-unit townhouse project on South Harrison Street at East Cedar Avenue.
 
Zeppelin Buys More RiNo Land
Source: Denver Business Journal
Zeppelin Development acquired another 5.5 acres in River North, allowing the company to expand its successful Taxi mixed-use development in north Denver. With the purchase of the for Ready Mix Concrete property Taxi will occupy the entire west side of Ringsby Court between 31st and 38th streets. Details were not revealed about what Zeppelin plans to develop on the new acreage but it is likely to include additional housing and possibly retail space. 
 
Precision Expands North Denver Space
Source: Colorado Real Estate Journal
Precision Building Systems doubled the size of its manufacturing facility in north Denver. The company makes building components for residential construction. Previously the firm occupied 100,000 square feet in the building at 445 West 53rd Place but has since expanded to 200,972 square feet. Cushman and Wakefield brokers Alex Rhodes, Tyler Smith and Aaron Valdez represented the tenant.
 
Natural Grocers to Open RiNo Store
Source: Business Denver
Natural Grocers will open a grocery store in RiNo. The 15,000 square foot store will be developed by Equity Ventures Commercial Development and will be located at the southwest corner of 38th Street and Brighton Boulevard. The grocer expects to open the store in 2017.
 
Denver Building RiNo Festival Street
The City and County of Denver will restore some of the vacated streets in a section of RiNo adjacent to the planned River North Park. The restoration of Delgany Street between 33rd and 35th streets will be constructed in a format that will allow it to be used for neighborhood festivals and events. The plan also reconstructs 33rd Street from Arkins Court. Some of the streets in the RiNo neighborhood between Brighton Boulevard and the South Platte River were either never built as part of the city's standard and historic grid pattern or were vacated for railroad construction in the 1870s and 1880s. 
 
Luxury Townhomes Planned in RiNo
Source: Denver Post
Iselo Investment Partners plans to develop River Row Homes, a 23-unit townhouse project in RiNo. The townhouses are the initial phase of what will be a 4.5 acre development of mixed-used residential units at 33rd Street and Arkins Court, on the east bank of the South Platte River. The townhouses will be adjacent to the planned River North Park, Units in the initial phase will sell for approximately $1.1 to $1.5 million.
 
Catalyst HTI Announces Initial Tenants
Source: Denver Real Estate Watch
Construction will start soon on the first phase of Catalyst HTI, a 300,000 square foot health care-oriented office and coworking campus in the RiNo neighborhood. The project will occupy a two-acre site at 35th Street and Brighton Boulevard and will be developed by Koelbel and Company. The initial phase will contain 180,000 square feet. Signed tenants include the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical School, the American Diabetes Assocation and Terumo BCT.  The first phase is expected to open in early 2018. 
 
Consolidated Enlarges Route 40 Project
Source: Denver Cityscape
Consolidated Investment Group expanded the scope of its proposed Route 40 project in Capitol Hill. The development, originally announced as a 140 unit addition to an existing 28 unit apartment building, will now contain a total of 185 apartment units, 24,000 square feet of retail space and 27,500 square feet of office space. The seven-story building will be located on the south side of East Colfax Avenue between Corona and Downing streets. Construction is scheduled to begin in late 2016.
 
Investors Acquire Southeast Denver Building
Source: Colorado Real Estate Journal
Rajiv Bansal and Sirisha Dinavahi bought 5800 East Evans Avenue, a 12,583 square foot office building in southeast Denver. Cornerstone 5800 LLC sold the 47-year old property for $1,280,000, or about $101 per square foot. NavPoint Real Estate Group brokers Matt Call, Matt Kulbe and JohnWitt represented the seller while Arend Accola of MRAKA Compass Realty was agent for the buyer.
 
Landscape Firm Purchases Former Church
Source: Colorado Real Estate Journal
Lifescape Colorado acquired a former church in south Denver and will relocate its offices and storage yard to the site at 445 South Platte River Drive. The company provides landscaping services to clients. The 3.4 acre property contains a former 59,149 square foot church. Lifescape paid $2,880,000 for the property to Red Rocks Community Church, which was represented by CBRE brokers Marty Knape, Andrew Lagerborg and Tom Mathews. 
 
 

 

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