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Originally Posted by Cirrus
Wow, way to completely miss the key points.
Nope, not the least surprised.
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TakeFive - Denvere's Eeyore.
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Originally Posted by CherryCreek
I just think that focusing on Curtis Park as a big part of the problem when you still have TONS of develope-able land in OTHER close in to downtown areas, such as Araphahoe Square, Golden Triangle, Cap Hill, River Mile, Mile Hi, Sun Valley, Brighton Blvd, north RiNO, Ballpark, etc., makes no sense.
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And I would challenge you to think in terms of why is Curtis Park such as special snowflake that it shouldn't be subject to the same development patterns as the rest of the neighborhoods that you listed. This is, believe it or not classic NIMBYism. It's no different than when that guy told me that Millenials that want to live in Denver should move to Highlands Ranch to solve our housing issues.
Arapahoe Square - it's growing, but the projects are large and take no less than 3 years to plan and complete. Allowing gentle density increase in Curtis Park would allow for smaller (but more) housing to come online quicker.
GT - lot assemblage is a big issue, so you only have a handful of lots that will pencil out. Also, there are are height restrictions and new GT guidelines coming down the pike.
Cap Hill - not many lots for sale and it's actually zone lower than what's already built.
River Mile - it's several years out until dirt is moved. Decades for full build-out. Master planned, so you'll have an incomplete neighborhood until full build-out.
Mile Hi & Sun Valley - at least 2 years out from breaking ground on anything. Master planned, so you'll have an incomplete neighborhood until full build-out.
Brighton Blvd. & NoRiNo - there hasn't been a single for-sale housing development yet, but at least it's moving along.
BallPark - there are a ton of parking lots, but not a lot of movement on the housing front lately.
Curtis Park - why not? Why can't we allow the building of 3-5 story apartments, condos, townhomes across the neighborhood? It doesn't mean that it'll happen on every block. In fact, more more areas that we allow development, the more spread out the impact will be.