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CherryCreek · #**7401** Posted **Feb 18, 2016, 9:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by enjo13

I was about to post exactly this. There are so many freaking gyms in this city. There is a 24 hour fitness in the West Highlands which does really well.

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Originally Posted by DenverPoke

That is pretty sweet, great looking building.

Great video. I didn't realize that that the construction is going to go so fast that the building will be finished and occupied before 1401 Lawrence is even topped up!!

TheNightfly · #**7402** Posted **Feb 18, 2016, 10:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by PLANSIT

See:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=7328563&postcount=7300

So, it's moving forward with development of some type.

Thanks Plansit. It was actually that post of yours that sparked my interest to look it up.

I guess we'll all have to wait and see what's in the works. Le Meridian, block 163, and mysterious 173 will all fill in one of the longest standing voids in Denver.

RyanD · #**7403** Posted **Feb 19, 2016, 5:26 PM**

As far as the Broadway street wall is concerned, Via turned out really well.

Golden Triangle: Via Final Update

COtoOC · #**7404** Posted **Feb 19, 2016, 5:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by enjo13

I was about to post exactly this. There are so many freaking gyms in this city. There is a 24 hour fitness in the West Highlands which does really well.

Well, yeah, there are all the little private gyms downtown. When I worked downtown a few years ago, I looked into some and they were very expensive. I like 24 Hr. because there's one near home, one near work, and one wherever I go when I travel to other cities. When you join one specific specialty gym, you're stuck with that one location. In the case of gyms, I actually prefer the big chains.

COtoOC · #**7405** Posted **Feb 19, 2016, 5:42 PM**

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Originally Posted by TheNightfly

Well if you're outdoorsy, then you might be spending your time outdoors rather than in a gym. I think lack of chain gyms is because folks here get into the core power yoga, crossfit, and orange theory fitness type gyms. That stuff is taking a toll on 24 hour gyms.

Anybody seen the video on 1144's website? Pretty exciting!

Also, brookfield deleted their resource for block 173. I wonder what's going to happen to that block. Anybody have an idea?

It's not taking a toll on the 24 Hr. Fitnesses I go to. I think Crossfit/Orange Theory, etc. are more fad "gyms". I want all the standard equipment and don't want to throw tires/sling chains and scream to work out lol!

comoneymaker · #**7406** Posted **Feb 19, 2016, 9:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by DenverPoke

RDS posted a rendering of the apartment proposed at Bannock and Speer over at Denver-Cityscape.

When did the Rockies and forest get so close to downtown ? lol

Sam Hill · #**7407** Posted **Feb 20, 2016, 12:52 AM**

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Originally Posted by comoneymaker

When did the Rockies and forest get so close to downtown ? lol

I don't know but I like it! Now all we need is a chairlift that goes from Union Station to the top of the ski slopes.

LAM · #**7408** Posted **Feb 20, 2016, 1:04 AM**

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Originally Posted by DenverPoke

RDS posted a rendering of the apartment proposed at Bannock and Speer over at Denver-Cityscape.

It's hard to tell from the photos, but does this project fill the whole block back to 10th? If so, that would make it about three times as large as the Joule that just finished up a block away.

Either way, this will make a nice street wall along Speer between 8th and 11th. And, that new park, forest, mountain range, and creek, will really make that area nice.

Tykendo · #**7409** Posted **Feb 20, 2016, 3:31 PM**

Looks nice, and the fact the mountains moved through the West Metro area to a position right up to downtown, will make it easy to get outdoor enthusiast to rent this property. That's a dense forest at the end of Speer.

RyanD · #**7410** Posted **Feb 20, 2016, 3:51 PM**

I don't know what y'all are talking about. The mountains are like... Right on the edge of the city. Duh.

IMG_2468w by Ryan Dravitz, on Flickr

mr1138 · #**7411** Posted **Feb 20, 2016, 5:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by LAM

It's hard to tell from the photos, but does this project fill the whole block back to 10th? If so, that would make it about three times as large as the Joule that just finished up a block away.

Either way, this will make a nice street wall along Speer between 8th and 11th. And, that new park, forest, mountain range, and creek, will really make that area nice.

All joking aside, I think what may be really going on here is that the person who did the rendering doesn't know how to properly fit the rendered image into its surroundings, so they chose to abstract things instead. This is actually fairly common in many renderings. But it also gets to your first point... It looks like the building does NOT extend all the way from Bannock to Cherokee st along Speer (you can clearly see an alley, and then a gap between this one and Joule in the rendering). But because the scale and position of just about everything in this rendering is off, it's extremely hard to say exactly which parcels on the block this will be occupying.

DenverInfill · #**7412** Posted **Feb 20, 2016, 5:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by mr1138

All joking aside, I think what may be really going on here is that the person who did the rendering doesn't know how to properly fit the rendered image into its surroundings, so they chose to abstract things instead. This is actually fairly common in many renderings. But it also gets to your first point... It looks like the building does NOT extend all the way from Bannock to Cherokee st along Speer (you can clearly see an alley, and then a gap between this one and Joule in the rendering). But because the scale and position of just about everything in this rendering is off, it's extremely hard to say exactly which parcels on the block this will be occupying.

The building goes approximately half the way to 10th along Bannock.

mr1138 · #**7413** Posted **Feb 20, 2016, 5:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by DenverInfill

The building goes approximately half the way to 10th along Bannock.

Thanks Ken. Do you know if it ends at the existing alley, or will it also include the little "dependable drive-thru" building along Speer? The current alley extends straight north from Speer, but the rendering makes it look almost like an alley realignment.

bunt_q · #**7414** Posted **Feb 20, 2016, 5:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by DenverInfill

The building goes approximately half the way to 10th along Bannock.

Do you know, does it include the building with Rooster and Moon, or stop just short of it?

I like it. There's something to be said for streets breaking up the grid here and there, forcing interesting architecture (i.e. not a half block rectangular ocean liner).

EDIT: I guess I can probably answer my own question my looking at parcel ownership. At least based on current ownership, looks like it does not include the Rooster and Moon parcel along Bannock. But on the Speer side, it includes the Dependable Cleaners as well as the one story brick building to the north of it (but annoyingly, not the surface parking lot to the north of that).

Denver · #**7415** Posted **Feb 20, 2016, 6:06 PM**

1776 Curtis is getting a second crane installed today. I am pretty shocked at how little information Shea is providing given the scale of the projected.

BG918 · #**7416** Posted **Feb 20, 2016, 6:18 PM**

Also the apartment project at University & Harvard now has two green tower cranes.

mr1138 · #**7417** Posted **Feb 20, 2016, 7:17 PM**

One more comment about that rendering. I really like that they're showing space for a cafe on Speer. Even if they can't find a business who wants to use it that way right off the bat, it's great that retail space is being roughed in. It's my one real complaint about the newer buildings on Speer. Though perhaps someday there could be some adaptive-reuse of other ground-floor uses like leasing offices and residential units.

cona · #**7418** Posted **Feb 20, 2016, 7:41 PM**

About the rendering... I'm curious how they got a curb cut on Speer for what I assume is the garage.

wong21fr · #**7419** Posted **Feb 20, 2016, 8:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by cona

About the rendering... I'm curious how they got a curb cut on Speer for what I assume is the garage.

Well, there's two curb cuts already there for the cleaners so I'm assuming that the developer is just going with what the preexisting conditions are.

Bunt, I was looking at the block ownership and, IIRC, the Rooster and the Moon is owned by the same entity as the other portions of the Greystar proposal. At least they shar the same address of record.

bunt_q · #**7420** Posted **Feb 20, 2016, 9:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by wong21fr

Well, there's two curb cuts already there for the cleaners so I'm assuming that the developer is just going with what the preexisting conditions are.

Bunt, I was looking at the block ownership and, IIRC, the Rooster and the Moon is owned by the same entity as the other portions of the Greystar proposal. At least they shar the same address of record.

Was a different entity when I looked this morning, but I didn't check addresses. It would make sense to buy it too, would make for an easier building.