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]

🧵 UHC needs to start somewhere. But starting with transit-priority streets is a mistake, overindexing the central, oldest areas in Denver. There's a greater density of transit-priority streets here, in part because of density and in part due to a past history of transit provided

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

With all due respect to the intelligent people who worked on UHC, this can't be the final proposal.

Upzoning w/n a 1/4 mile of a transit area sounds reasonable... but look at the holes left out of neighborhoods and Council districts by 1/4 mile. These discrepencies are dumb!

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

A Line hadn’t pulled away from the airport yet and it was already sardine-full! People were walking away rather than trying to cram in further. Needs 3-car trains and/or more frequent evening service, otherwise people get burned. On a Wednesday as well!!

[The Denver Post @denverpost]

The historic Barth Hotel in downtown Denver has changed hands for the first time in 45 years. Its new owner plans a $25 million renovation that will create 50 affordable senior housing units. https://t.co/K0a95psuE9

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

@iamreallykurt No, it just means I typed “ref” and autocorrect had something to say about it. This is an ongoing project!

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

Red

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

PROPOSED
39th Ave Greenway + Steele St, #Denver 80205
4-story, 100% affordable building for LGBT+ seniors from Pennrose, designed by SAR+ w/ small office and community space in the building. Exellent spot for new housing. 92 homes, 96 beds. 50 veh + 48 bike parking spots.

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

Nice little run this morning in Philly, extraordinary how well used the Schuylkill River trail was around 11am on a Friday. Every $ spent improving and greening this infrastructure will be returned in spades I think!

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

@JesseAPaul It does make me think that Weiser thinks both will fail this November and that he doesn’t wanna support a measure he doesn’t think will pass… but he could help to ensure they pass by campaigning vigorously for these measures! IMO, that would give him some nice tailwinds in 2030

[Jesse Aaron Paul ☀ @JesseAPaul]

On the one hand, the Front Range Passenger Rail District still has their old district map on their website. On the other, the district was redrawn through legislation this year that got a lot of coverage.

It is pretty crazy that this happened any way you look at it.

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

@NickPSteele Been purchased by Denver Water, gonna be a new facility for them

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

PROPOSED
York Court, Josephine St, & 41st Ave, #Denver 80205
4-story apts uses EHA to exceed 3-story zone by including 94 affordable homes. Redevelops strange lot w/ freight/RTD rail tracks on two edges. 313 homes (379 beds) with 227 surface parking spots wrapping the building

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

Nothing to do with parking, I’m just still wondering

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

Do mid-sized American cities canonically hate I.M. Pei?

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

Already didn’t require parking

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

PROPOSED
Walnut & Downing Street, #Denver 80205
6-story, oblong-shaped affordable housing development would replace a warehouse and add new pedestrian infrastructure within steps of 38th and Blake Station. 49 homes (89 beds) w/ 11 veh & 40 bike parking spots

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

Good business reference

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

PROPOSED
King St & W 23rd Ave, #Denver 80211
Old art studio turns into a beer garden and food destination in Sloan's Lake neighborhood, major new addition to a growing community. No parking, no need! There's already a mature tree and landscaping where parking might have gone!

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

Another reference

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

5th Ave b/w Acoma & Bannock St, #Denver 80204
142 affordable homes replace a surface parking lot by Denver Health in Baker. 2 buildings, 1 @ 6 stories and 1 @ 7 stories. 69 veh & 97 bike parking spots. Adds PBL/bus island to Bannock. Beautiful design by local fave, Meridian 105

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

Gotta check and see if this is still cooking. Referenceee

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

PROPOSED
Erie St, 17th St & Tejon St, #Denver 80211
3-story hotel w/ ~below-grade lobby on unique triangle lot in Lower Highland neighborhood. 69 rooms, most pretty tiny. 0 vehicle parking spots, 5 bike parking spots. W/n walking distance of attractions, restaurants, and Downtown

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

Great reference, as I spoke to the architect myself!!
(Here’s the pod:)

https://t.co/KX0IfZYb6s

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

PROPOSED
Decatur St & Holden Pl, #Denver 80204
5-story affordable housing would replace an early childhood center in Sun Valley. 80 homes (260 beds, all 3- and 4-bedrooms) w/ 64 veh & 40 bike parking spots. Quite a simple, but stylish, building to add to the growing neighborhood

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

Good illustration of adaptive reuse for reference… (I’m talking about parking later, if you can guess.)

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

PROPOSED
17th, 18th, California & Welton Sts, #Denver 80202
2 existing office towers on 1 downtown block would be converted to residential use, with a yet-unknown yield on bedrooms and 712 homes total. Ground-floor retail and existing parking structure would be retained.

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

Great reference for old parking calms

[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]

Good reference too

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

PROPOSED
Corona St b/w Ellsworth & 1st Ave, #Denver 80218
One home ➡️ 5 homes on a teeny lot in Central Denver. Attractive, typical 3-story townhomes. 5 veh & 2 bike parking spots. Tho 0 parking spaces were required, by using "compact" spaces, previously not allowed, gets to 5

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

Reference

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

PROPOSED
St Paul & 3rd Ave, #Denver 80206
4-story Class A+ office would replace existing 1-story restaurant, currently home to Cucina Colore. 50k sq ft office, 8k sq ft restaurant on first floor, 2 stories underground parking. 85 veh & 17 bike parking spots

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

Referee!

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

York St b/w Harvard & Wesley Ave, #Denver 80210
2 homes ➡️ 56 homes in South Denver near DU, all studios and 1-bedrooms, but that fits the target population well enough. Nice design, ~6 floors tall, top floor lofted. 21 veh & 16 bike parking spots. Upgrades sidewalk too

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

Pre-EHA reference

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

Evans & Gilpin St, #Denver 80210
3-story apts replace surface lot + SU home in University neighborhood near DU & retail on Evans corridor. 18 homes (20 beds) w/ 17 veh & 19 bike parking spots, mostly underground. 1 retail space at the corner, much improved from the strip before!