[KevinFromTexas]

Originally Posted by Syndic

Hmm, wherever the market went, it would have to be somewhere accessible, which doesn't cause too much congestion. And then there's the question of whether we're willing to sacrifice a high-rise building for a large market like this. I tend to prefer street-level quality over just a superficial aesthetic quality. But I don't exactly want to displace a large building project that's already planned. They said it could be a part of a mixed-use building, which I think would be cool. I think one place it could really work is right here, across from the Colorado Tower. It's right in the heart of downtown, right by Congress, it's highly-accessible via public transportation and walking, close to the lake. I think it's perfect.

A really nice setup would be the have the market there on the first levels (first level?) with residential above it or even office space. It would be nice to have a lot of retail in it also and maybe even multiple levels of it. Maybe even a full scale grocery store. I would have the podium meet the street like the other buildings along Congress do and then have a setback as required by the CVC, and then let the upper levels be a secondary use such as residential or office space. I'm not even talking really tall, maybe 5 to 8 floors atop the retail levels. Although, I suppose you could put a tower at 3rd & Colorado on the east end of the block.