DENVER | Main Development Thread #7

[Robert.hampton]

8 Story, 77 unit apartment building with approx. 1000 sq ft of ground floor commercial space and 60 parking spaces.

Site development plan recently submitted for 1616 N Pearl, across the street from Bespoke Uptown. Submitted by some sketchy millenial-bro developer from London called Noel & Partners

[TakeFive]

Originally Posted by Robert.hampton

Site development plan recently submitted for 1616 N Pearl, across the street from Bespoke Uptown. Submitted by some sketchy millenial-bro developer from London called Noel & Partners

I assume you knew this site was 'for sale' since August 2019 by RE/MAX NORTHWEST for $3.3 million and is now UNDER CONTRACT.


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Sounds like Condos? (Here's to sketchy millennial bros)

[twister244]

So, was anyone here in Denver for the 2003 blizzard? The models coming out today are leaning hard into Denver getting potentially over 2 feet of snow this weekend.......

I bring this up as I have been in Denver since 2015 and know how historic that storm was.

[Denver]

Looks like Demo work is underway for the Denver Health office to residential conversion at 655 Broadway. Anyone know if they changed the scope since they announced this project?

[Chucolo]

Originally Posted by twister244

So, was anyone here in Denver for the 2003 blizzard? The models coming out today are leaning hard into Denver getting potentially over 2 feet of snow this weekend.......

I bring this up as I have been in Denver since 2015 and know how historic that storm was.

Office closed early on Tuesday, March 18 and I caught a noon 38 bus from downtown to Wheat Ridge. I knew this was going to be a big storm when the bus was having major problems making it up the relatively slight incline of 38th Avenue west of Wadsworth. Tree branch broke through our electric, cable and phone wires (a trifecta!) at around 7:30 that evening and it wasn't until I was able to buttonhole an Xcel crew that just happened to be in the neighborhood on Saturday that I was able to get power restored (and I'm still thankful, 18 years later). It was a wet, sloppy storm. Temp wasn't ever that cold, so it melted fairly quickly, but it sure was a mess for about a week or so.

But, we needed the moisture......

[SirLucasTheGreat]

I was in Highlands Ranch and it was an absolutely insane amount of snow. I just remember our block had huge piles of snow that looked 8 feet high from clearing the neighborhood streets to allow cars to go in and out. I'd be shocked if I experienced anything comparable to that ever again.

[Tykendo]

The Walmart Supercenter at Chambers and Parker Road had a buckled beam due to how heavy the snow was. Carports collapsed all over the Metro area. Meteorologist said the water content of the snow was so high, that had the snow been the champagne powder of December, the snow would have been 7 feet high. In Southeast Aurora, 3 lanes were reduced to 2 in what became a bobsled run for cars with 3 foot snow walls on each side. Crazy storm. Mountains of snow took weeks to melt in mall parking lots around town.

[The Dirt]

Originally Posted by twister244

So, was anyone here in Denver for the 2003 blizzard? The models coming out today are leaning hard into Denver getting potentially over 2 feet of snow this weekend.......

I bring this up as I have been in Denver since 2015 and know how historic that storm was.

I was living in Broomfield at the time, commuting to CU Boulder for school and Louisville for work. That was a pretty epic storm, which was well over 2 ft. Highway 36 wasn't even visible from the bluffs to the north where I lived. All of the snow was plowed into our street (a weird half cul-de-sac bulb off the main road), so my car wasn't going anywhere for over a week. There were plenty of 4-8 ft. snow drifts either from the wind or from plows.

[mojiferous]

Originally Posted by twister244

So, was anyone here in Denver for the 2003 blizzard? The models coming out today are leaning hard into Denver getting potentially over 2 feet of snow this weekend.......

I bring this up as I have been in Denver since 2015 and know how historic that storm was.

I lived in Cap Hill and we lost electricity for a while and everything ground to a halt because the streets were horrible, but there was still enough foot traffic that the sidewalks were passable. This also meant that the bar staff was still able to get to work and we just spent a couple candlelit evenings getting soused. Beyond things like the roof of 1082 (now Vinyl) collapsing, the thing I remember most is that someone made a giant 7 foot-high snow phallus at about 11th and Washington and it stuck around for weeks afterwards.

[laniroj]

Originally Posted by twister244

So, was anyone here in Denver for the 2003 blizzard? The models coming out today are leaning hard into Denver getting potentially over 2 feet of snow this weekend.......

I bring this up as I have been in Denver since 2015 and know how historic that storm was.

Yes and if history proves true, all the NIMBYs will be up in arms about the snow ruts in their roads come next Tuesday. We got much more than 2 ft in 2003 though. The foothills were insanity, 6-7 feet of snow walking through snow tunnels.

[twister244]

I ask because the US model (GFS) has been EXTREMELY aggressive with putting over 4 inches of water equivalent in the form of snow over Denver. If you apply a wet snow ratio (8:1, 9:1, 10:1), we either match or exceed 2003. The ECMWF (European) model is less aggressive, but still has around 2.5 inches of water equivalent, which puts us closer to 2 feet.

This will get clarified in the next day or two as models slowly converge, but unless there's a significant drift in the guidance, this weekend is going to be a bit cray cray on the snow front.

[EngiNerd]

We get to find out how many of the new homeowners in Denver cut the rafter ties in the attic of their 1920s bungalow to place their new WFH office. We repaired the roof framing for so many Denver houses for many years after that storm (I was a senior at CU when the storm hit, but designing repairs was my first structural engineering job out of college).

[TakeFive]

Originally Posted by Chucolo

But, we needed the moisture......

Well played !

And the 'man on the street' anecdote was fun. Who steps up to get electricity for their own neighborhood?

Originally Posted by mojiferous

I lived in Cap Hill and we lost electricity for a while and everything ground to a halt because the streets were horrible, but there was still enough foot traffic that the sidewalks were passable. This also meant that the bar staff was still able to get to work and we just spent a couple candlelit evenings getting soused. Beyond things like the roof of 1082 (now Vinyl) collapsing, the thing I remember most is that someone made a giant 7 foot-high snow phallus at about 11th and Washington and it stuck around for weeks afterwards.

Great memories.

Originally Posted by EngiNerd

We get to find out how many of the new homeowners in Denver cut the rafter ties in the attic of their 1920s bungalow to place their new WFH office. We repaired the roof framing for so many Denver houses for many years after that storm (I was a senior at CU when the storm hit, but designing repairs was my first structural engineering job out of college).

Cool story; what a great way to jumpstart your career.

Originally Posted by Tykendo

The Walmart Supercenter at Chambers and Parker Road had a buckled beam due to how heavy the snow was. Carports collapsed all over the Metro area.

I forgot about that Walmart beam; at that time I lived off Parker/Belleview.

My primary memory is the snow shoveling (over and over) and resultant body aches.


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[TakeFive]

Just trying to help laniroj calm down

It was called "Project Charlie Brown"

Colorado Economic Development Commission members voted without opposition on Thursday to offer as much as $24.8 million in job-growth incentive tax credits to the unnamed company... is looking to create a central campus to house some of those functions and, most importantly, to be home to four different business units now located elsewhere in the U.S.

Medtronic's plans for 42-acre campus in Lafayette approved by City Council
Mar 3, 2021 By James Rodriguez – Reporter, Denver Business Journal

Lafayette City Council voted Tuesday evening to approve Medtronic's plans to build a major campus on a 42-acre site at the northeast corner of U.S. Highway 287 and Dillon Road, where the biotechnology giant said it will consolidate many of its Boulder County-based employees while expanding its local presence with up to 1,000 new, high-paying jobs.

Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) is partnering with Ryan Companies to develop and build the campus. At full buildout, the campus will total just under 600,000 square feet and include new office, training and research and development space. It's projected to house more than 2,000 employees, with three connected five-story buildings and a three-story parking structure.

BTW, Ryan Companies has a BIG presence in Phoenix but since their headquarters is in Minneapolis, MN, they have no-doubt worked with Medtronic - whose U.S. headquarters is in Minnesota - before on their facilities construction.

Louisville's loss was Lafayette's gain. laniroj was (of course) totally right about Louisville's stupidity in losing a gem of moderate mixed-use density.

It's a Go


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City Council approved on Monday new building guidelines for a patch of grass and dirt at 4700 E. Evans Ave., next to I-25, that allows a mix of homes, businesses and offices. But the only thing currently planned for the space is a Carvana used-car dealership with an 80-foot parking tower that the company markets as a “vending machine” for vehicles.

[wong21fr]

Missed it. Flew out to North Dakota on the 15th to train up to deploy to Iraq for a bit of that event. They had just dug out of the epic blizzard they had a week or so prior and the snow was still 3 or 4 feet high but everything was open. Flew back at the end of March and the snow was mostly gone by then.

Then the deployment was delayed for a year so missed out on the initial invasion portion of the war as well, though I did get there as the insurgency exploded.

2000’s. Good times all around.

[gopokes21]

Originally Posted by TakeFive

I assume you knew this site was 'for sale' since August 2019 by RE/MAX NORTHWEST for $3.3 million and is now UNDER CONTRACT.

Sounds like Condos? (Here's to sketchy millennial bros)

I truly fail to understand what calling "millennial bros" sketchy has to do with anything about anything.

Are you just now finding out that international investors are involved in Denver real estate?

[Ich]

Originally Posted by gopokes21

I truly fail to understand what calling "millennial bros" sketchy has to do with anything about anything.

Are you just now finding out that international investors are involved in Denver real estate?

He was referencing an earlier post by another user who called them some sketchy millennial bro investor lol

[Sam Hill]

Originally Posted by twister244

So, was anyone here in Denver for the 2003 blizzard? The models coming out today are leaning hard into Denver getting potentially over 2 feet of snow this weekend.......

I bring this up as I have been in Denver since 2015 and know how historic that storm was.

It is one of the best memories of my life. I was living in Cap Hill at the time. My friends and I decided to play a game of tackle football on the basketball courts of Morey Middle School. On our way there a random group of complete strangers launched a snowball ambush against us and we ended up in an epic snowball fight. We invited them along to our coed football game which slowly grew into a major neighborhood event. Everyone who walked by would stop to laugh at our antics, and of course some of them would ask to join and the event would grow. Of course alcohol and weed were involved. We eventually termed it “blizzard drinking.” There was a crowd that gathered just to watch and drink. One guy brought a boom box and blasted 99.5 The Mountain (which was a much different, and much better station back then.) At one point the DJ played I Want You / She’s So Heavy by the Beatles - which I was shocked to hear on the FM radio because that’s not one that ever gets radio play. For a couple minutes while that song was playing the snowfall stopped and everyone stopped playing football and listened. Then the snow started pouring down again and the football resumed.

When it started getting dark, a bunch of us trounced over to Streets of London - which we were all shocked to find was open - and the party resumed.

On the last night of the blizzard we somehow ended up at that hippie bar on Colfax and Emerson (which I believe still exists and still has the same name). When we walked in it was oddly quiet and everyone was staring at the TV. Apparently the United States had just started bombing the hell out of Iraq. It felt like the whole blizzard/party ended in that instant. The next day we would have to go back to work and re-enter the real world, which was now much more uncertain.

[BG918]

Originally Posted by Sam Hill

On the last night of the blizzard we somehow ended up at that hippie bar on Colfax and Emerson (which I believe still exists and still has the same name). When we walked in it was oddly quiet and everyone was staring at the TV. Apparently the United States had just started bombing the hell out of Iraq. It felt like the whole blizzard/party ended in that instant. The next day we would have to go back to work and re-enter the real world, which was now much more uncertain.

Yeah I remember the Iraq war started during that snowstorm. I was up in the mountains during the whole thing and remember seeing cars completely buried in snow that were stuck on the highway.

[bunt_q]

Originally Posted by wong21fr

2000’s. Good times all around.

Funny thing is, I actually do look back fondly on that time. As shitty as the 2001-2010 period was, we still somehow managed to make the last decade so much worse.