DENVER | Block 162 - Office | 453 FT | 32 Floors

[PLANSIT]

Office portion of Block 162 has been submitted to city.

Site Address and Description

1521 Welton St - 2015PM0000671 - Block 162

Also has a website.

www.block162.com

Building on left:



Building on right:

[Design-mind]

Nice! Love the garden terrace on the podium.

[patriotizzy]

That is one sleek — sumbitch.

[rds70]

The latest renderings:

[Urbannizer]

32-story downtown Denver office project moves forward

A proposed office project on 15th Street between Welton and California streets has taken a step forward with the signing of a ground lease that will allow developers to move ahead with the project.

Houston-based Patrinely Group and USAA Real Estate Co. formed a joint partnership to develop the land. Current designs call for the office building to stand 32 stories tall, with 21 floors of office space starting atop 10 floors of podium parking and three levels of underground parking.

“We are excited to announce the milestone of officially closing on the ground lease and are eager to move forward with design and development, said Robert Fields, president and CEO of Patrinely Group. “We think the timing of Block 162 is ideal, making this building a unique opportunity for larger users.”

Block 162 will need site plan approval, which the developer expects to occur in the second quarter of 2017, with construction beginning in early 2018.

[wong21fr]

Permit was applied for yesterday. Tower should start going up soon.

Originally Posted by rds70

It looks like Denver will have another office tower rising soon. The permit for Block 162 was submitted today:

Project Log Number: 2017-LOG-0005992
Zoning Log Number:
Site Address and Description
675 15th St - 675 15th ST. - NEW COMMERCIAL MIXED USE IBC STRUCTURE
Application Status
Submission Date
12/04/2017 Zoning Application Date
Estimated App Review Date
Date Extended

[PLANSIT]

Height is now 453'.

[JMKeynes]

I love Denver, but this is lame. Denver deserves more than a short, fat box.

[BoredinDenver]

Originally Posted by JMKeynes

I love Denver, but this is lame. Denver deserves more than a short, fat box.

I agree that there's way too many boxy skyscrapers in Denver. At least it looks like a more modern (more or less a box) design than the many 1980's boxes, and the eyesore box known as 1800 Larimer (completed in 2010).

[Urbannizer]

Revised design for Block 162

http://www.patrinelygroup.com/office-block-162

[JMKeynes]

This is a lame tower for such an amazing city. Denver deserves better.

[TallBob]

You're not the only ones.... Minneapolis has several proposals that are in the same mode....Short and Wide!

[JMKeynes]

Minneapolis is another great city that deserves better.

[shakman]

I actually think it's fine. I don't mind wide and bulky.

[mhays]

The tower looks fine.

But Denver needs to escape the disease that is parking podiums.

[wong21fr]

Lot was fenced off over the weekend and an excavator is pulling up the parking lot while a piling rig is working the perimeter. Looks like this might just be U/C.

[Denvergotback]

This project broke ground 2 days ago, how do we move it to under construction?

[shakman]

Originally Posted by Denvergotback

This project broke ground 2 days ago, how do we move it to under construction?

When concrete for the actual structure is poured, then only it gets moved.

[colemonkee]

Really it's when foundation work starts, which could be as soon as placing rebar for a foundation or installing caissons (not sure how common that is in Denver). So once you post a picture of either/or (shorting piles don't count), just shoot a message to the mods and one of us will move to Under Construction.

[rds70]

Some additional renderings: