Denver Development Etceteras Thread #5 - Page 57

bunt_q · #**1121** Posted: **Apr 24, 2012, 9:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by EngiNerd

CU Boulder also just got one a year or two ago as well....the Center for Community

Why did CU need one of these? Were we not getting enough student success, or engagement, or community, out of whatever administration goes on at Regent?

EngiNerd · #**1122** Posted: **Apr 24, 2012, 10:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by bunt_q

Why did CU need one of these? Were we not getting enough student success, or engagement, or community, out of whatever administration goes on at Regent?

Who knows, guess the UMC was just not enough community for them. Funny part is that it was put up near the law school, on the south side of campus, which just does not get that much student activity that direction. Wonder if its really getting used.

http://www.coloradanmagazine.org/201...elf-on-campus/

bobg · #**1123** Posted: **Apr 24, 2012, 10:56 PM**

The center for community is not as far south as the law school it's just south of Hallett Hall and right in between Kittredge and the dorms that surround Farrand Field. IMO it's a great location for those living on campus minus the two outliers of Sewall and Will Vill. The center for community has a dinning hall and if I remember correctly that was badly needed. I remember having to time it perfectly just to get into the other centrally located dinning halls in Cheyenne Arapaho and Libby otherwise you were in for a long wait.

They also moved the administrative offices out of Willard and Hallett and into the new building. They then converted the old offices in Willard and Hallett back to residential. I am sure they moved some other administrative offices around as well as they had them randomly scattered throughout the campus.

BarbulaM1 · #**1124** Posted: **Apr 24, 2012, 10:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by EngiNerd

Who knows, guess the UMC was just not enough community for them. Funny part is that it was put up near the law school, on the south side of campus, which just does not get that much student activity that direction. Wonder if its really getting used.

http://www.coloradanmagazine.org/201...elf-on-campus/

It’s pretty common, pretty much a secondary Union. At KU we have a similar one, across from the law school too! It has some services that were added to the University such as the veteran’s office, some the law bookstore, and some admin... kind of weird but convenient, not quite as extensive as the C4C at Boulder though. But we still house the main admin in an old outdated building in the middle of campus. Student Success at KU deals mostly with advising, career fairs, student housing/dining, student organization oversight, legal services, recreation services, and health center. Not sure where they were before that, but oh well... bureaucracy breeds it self.

mr1138 · #**1125** Posted: **Apr 25, 2012, 4:26 AM**

The Center for Community absolutely was needed, just because the University has LONG outgrown the UMC. As with the other buildings under discussion, this is simply about long-term growth, which is what all of these large universities are really about. Consolidating dining into a central location has opened up a site for a whole new dorm building where Kittridge Commons used to stand (it has just been demolished). In addition, the other functions that have moved into the other 4 floors (international student affairs, student i.d. office ect.) had always been crammed into random spaces all across campus. Many used to occupy the first two floors of the Willard dorm building which was rennovated and turned back into dorm space immediately after the new building was constructed, adding around 75 new dorm rooms to campus. The planned new dorm at the freed-up Kittridge site will have 250 more beds on top of that. Old dining halls in the dorms around Farrand are also being converted to residential-academic classroom space as well.

While I too could do without the cheesy naming (just name it after rich benefactors and University officials the way it's been done for centuries!), I personally don't have a problem with the method. Since these Universities need to grow and have always made steady growth part of their strategy, it makes perfect sense to consolidate similar functions that are presently scattered across campus as a method of growing overall squarefootage of floorspace. It certainly makes more sense than cherry-picking certain colleges or departments for new buildings, while leaving certain administrative functions cramed into random colleges and buildings.

Octavian · #**1126** Posted: **Apr 25, 2012, 7:43 PM**

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Alliance Residential Co. will break ground next week on a 164-unit apartment community in Denver's Ballpark neighborhood.

The six-story Broadstone Blake Street will be adjacent to Coors Field and include a fitness center, WiFi cafe, business center, sports lounge and small, resort-style pool in an outdoor area that includes barbecues and a fireplace.

http://business-news.thestreet.com/d...w-apartments/1

wong21fr · #**1127** Posted: **Apr 25, 2012, 7:45 PM**

^Sweet, another parcel shifts to green on my development tracker.

rds70 · #**1128** Posted: **Apr 25, 2012, 8:43 PM**

Here is a juicy tidbit I heard very recently.

Shea Properties is working on the development of the 18th Street side of the half block they own along Curtis. They are planning a 19 story apartment building with 375 units. The base would be structured parking that would ultimately be shared by an office building along 17th Street (part of the original plan).

bcp · #**1129** Posted: **Apr 25, 2012, 9:02 PM**

that IS pretty juicy...that end of DT could certainly use a jump-start in the residential development area.

bunt_q · #**1130** Posted: **Apr 25, 2012, 9:38 PM**

Damn...thousands upon thousands of apartment units proposed. Think of all the affordable housing we'll have in 30 or 40 years when these new rental projects age a little.

DownhomeDenver · #**1131** Posted: **Apr 25, 2012, 10:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by rds70

Has anybody heard about the redevelopment of the Office Depot site on Colfax? I remember hearing something about it last year, but no detailed info.

However, building permits have been submitted for a new building at 616 e. Colfax, and for a small(?) building at 600 E. Colfax.

I am surprised that there has been nothing written about it in Life on Capitol Hill or others.

RDS, I just drove down Colfax today and passed this site...the old 2 story building that used to front Colfax has been torn down.

Here's a link to google street view showing the building.

Be patient it takes a while to load the street view. Perhaps this is a first step toward redevelopment.

Fritzdude · #**1132** Posted: **Apr 25, 2012, 10:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by rds70

Here is a juicy tidbit I heard very recently.

Shea Properties is working on the development of the 18th Street side of the half block they own along Curtis. They are planning a 19 story apartment building with 375 units. The base would be structured parking that would ultimately be shared by an office building along 17th Street (part of the original plan).

I'm assuming that would fill the entire parking lot that is sitting across from the Ritz Carlton. That would be one heck of an infill opportunity.

DownhomeDenver · #**1133** Posted: **Apr 25, 2012, 10:47 PM**

At Colfax and Osage...wasn't this propose like 5 years ago? I guess they still want to develop this property...

Check out this PDF letter of intent to the city.

DownhomeDenver · #**1134** Posted: **Apr 25, 2012, 10:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by Fritzdude

I'm assuming that would fill the entire parking lot that is sitting across from the Ritz Carlton. That would be one heck of an infill opportunity.

Eventually it would fill the entire lot but it looks like for now only the portion fronting 18th would be developed. Right RDS?

wong21fr · #**1135** Posted: **Apr 25, 2012, 10:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by DownhomeDenver

At Colfax and Osage...wasn't this propose like 5 years ago? I guess they still want to develop this property...

Check out this PDF letter of intent to the city.

Interesting. The property is owned by Carmel Partners, a national apartment developer, and if you check out their website under developments (Here) you'll see a project called 10th & Osage with a tiny rendering and some details: 288 units and a 4Q 2011 start date.

seventwenty · #**1136** Posted: **Apr 25, 2012, 11:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by bunt_q

Damn...thousands upon thousands of apartment units proposed. Think of all the affordable housing we'll have in 30 or 40 years when these new rental projects age a little.

I've actually wondered about this as well. Just how well will stucco buildings age? Brownstones are timeless, but some projects will just scream "2000s!," like some projects scream "1980s!"

bunt_q · #**1137** Posted: **Apr 25, 2012, 11:34 PM**

If they were real stucco, that would be as good as timeless too. It's the faux-plastic junk I'm worried about.

BG918 · #**1138** Posted: **Apr 25, 2012, 11:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by seventwenty

I've actually wondered about this as well. Just how well will stucco buildings age? Brownstones are timeless, but some projects will just scream "2000s!," like some projects scream "1980s!"

At least the site plans are much more urban now than anything built in the 80's. You might have dated designs but in most cases the buildings front the sidewalk making a retrofit easier than the 70's/80's model of giant complexes surrounded by parking and trees. Of course there are still complexes like that being built in suburban areas but not in the inner city.

On another note there is another sign up at Union Station, this one for the south wing building at 16th & Wynkoop. That makes 4 signs now up along 16th for the 4 different mixed-use/office buildings proposed there. Hopefully that means construction is not far from happening. If all those buildings go up at roughly the same time it will be quite a sight..

Also noticed the site for 1490 Delgany is now fenced off and they are doing some site work there. They still have to demo the building along 15th. Doesn't that project include a good amount of street level retail/restaurant space?

glowrock · #**1139** Posted: **Apr 26, 2012, 12:50 AM**

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Originally Posted by rds70

Here is a juicy tidbit I heard very recently.

Shea Properties is working on the development of the 18th Street side of the half block they own along Curtis. They are planning a 19 story apartment building with 375 units. The base would be structured parking that would ultimately be shared by an office building along 17th Street (part of the original plan).

Wouldn't that just be freaking awesome???

Aaron (Glowrock)

Brainpathology · #**1140** Posted: **Apr 26, 2012, 2:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by glowrock

Wouldn't that just be freaking awesome???

Aaron (Glowrock)

What's the tallest purely apartment building to be built in Denver recently? I'm thinking of the one in Cherry Creek built a while back might be it... I realize "purely apartment" is a REALLY specific qualifier which would cut out places like glasshouse, four seasons, spire etc since they are all condo or mixed.

A 19 story apt building though.. that's the stuff nice affordable highrise (it's a highrise right? or is that cut off 20 stories) condo living comes from when it gets converted in a while.