Build Up Denver

Info on construction, development, mobility, city planning, and all things Mile High City. Denver is not full. 🔎 your street or ZIP. By @cushenandrew

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

The number of proposals is truly very small and subdued in Denver right now. But obviously there are still new buildings coming up. So I wanted to do a quick thread this morning as a type of Q&A—where are construction cranes in the air in Denver, and what are they building?

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

I’d say similar, with some small percent of hailstones the size of golf balls in City Park rn

[Maggie Breeding @maggiekennedy21]

Quarter sized hail in Denver Highlands 🧊@NWSBoulder @BianchiWeather

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

@sentientapathy I don’t see heavy rail in Denver’s future, so in this case BRT is better than nothing. And, if we’re throwing out pie in the sky rail plans, I don’t think Colorado Blvd would be the place they’d start, so BRT would be a short-ish term improvement

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

We’re so unbelievably back https://t.co/SMK4HdSDe2

[Chris Vanderveen (yep…me) @chrisvanderveen]

More than 3 years after the city of Denver used federal funds to buy an old hotel for 9 million bucks…

…the building remains boarded up.

Why?

Well, it’s a bit of a rabbit hole.

But one we at 9News Investigates spent some time going down.
https://t.co/XmD3nKoNe7

[Kyle Clark @KyleClark]

The Suncor refinery is a smokeshow. But perhaps we're being unfair to Colorado's biggest polluter just because it occasionally belches black and yellow smoke for our lungs to enjoy. So we looked at how Suncor's pollution compares to similar refineries.

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

Are you struggling to understand the news about rents in Denver? Are the landlords in your life grumbling too much? Then take a listen to the newest DenverUrbanism podcast episode! We break down a decade of growth and the housing crisis in Denver, big! https://t.co/kVNORbvBwb

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

I'm getting asked a lot recently about why I haven't been posting new developments. There ain't any interesting new developments being proposed, that's why. Everything I'm seeing in permits these days is basically like this one, by 38th and Brighton Blvd, submitted yesterday

[BusinessDen @Business_Den]

Council vote gives lifeline to thousands of planned Denver apartments https://t.co/zTRLNSRQdi

[Chris Bianchi @BianchiWeather]

It's going to be 85° on Monday.

#COwx

[Nick Gerli @nickgerli1]

The housing market has broken into two.

Sun Belt markets like Denver, Austin, Seattle, and Orlando are experiencing exploding inventory (+30% or more from 2019 levels).

Prices are now dropping in these markets.

However, in New York, Chicago, Providence, and Hartford, inventory is down more than 50% from 2019 levels.

Indicating an acute housing shortage where prices are still rising.

The market has flipped on its head. The boomtown Sun Belt locations are now the ones dropping, while the boring Northeast markets are the ones rising.

If you're a serious homebuyer, investor, or seller in 2026, you need to know the inventory trends in your area.

Download our app and search your ZIP: https://t.co/pLvj026xCj

[Chris Bianchi @BianchiWeather]

Snow timing:

Starts: 6-11a tomorrow as a rain/snow mix, little accumulation before 6-8p
Heaviest: 10p Tue-8a Wed
Ends: 10a-3p Wed

#COwx

[Chris Bianchi @BianchiWeather]

There’s a chance that Denver gets more water this week than we’ve seen so far this year combined.

Year-to-date precip in Denver: 1.60”
Current Tues-Wed precip forecast: 1.4-1.5”

#COwx

[Todd Jones 🦊 @toddrjones]

The most common way people heat their home.

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

Is this game cursed?

[The Colorado Sun @ColoradoSun]

Front Range passenger rail district will likely be scaled back to major cities ahead of 2026 sales tax vote
https://t.co/HEPDf16fso

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

@K1ng_Jak3 Long time coming for this spot! The building’s website is already up and running, which is where I found it funny they referred to it as Cherry Creek

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

1st Avenue & Emerson Street, #Denver 80218
5-story assisted living community broke ground last year, makes a splash in the Speer neighborhood, which is not Cherry Creek, as the building wants it to be. 119 homes, including memory care. 68 veh parking spots, 0 bike spots required

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

w/ new bikeway project 1 block north of Colfax, now we just need nice connections S of Colfax on Ogden to 11th, at least https://t.co/YADSKLuKmc

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

Ogden-Colfax Intersection
Hugely important surprises here! Two-way on-street bikeway on S side of Colfax, which plugs into n'hood bikeway on Ogden heading S, and future two-way protected bike lane heading N. Lot of curb changes and new signal timing, as well as three new trees.

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

Been waiting for this! Plans for the two-way Ogden Street protected bike lane from Colfax to 16th Ave, a hugely helpful connection for N-S biking between Uptown and Cap Hill. W/ all the new sidewalk and bike signals at Colfax here, this ought to be really safe and comfortable

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

PROPOSED
Federal Blvd & Tennessee, #Denver 80219
Asia Center could be demo'd & replaced by affordable housing w/ gf retail & office space. 99 homes (b/w 135 beds) w/ 91 veh parking spots underground. 2nd time this has been proposed, seems to be exploratory, but with a rendering!

[Ethical Hoops🏆 (only takes Ws) @EthicalHoopz]

I THOUGHT BRO WAS HAVING A SEIZURE 😭😭😭