DENVER | Main Development Thread #7 - Page 548

RyanD · #**10941** Posted **Aug 17, 2021, 6:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by ams5280

Anyone have some nice renderings?

I have a tower crane installation time-lapse I took yesterday?

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wong21fr · #**10942** Posted **Aug 17, 2021, 6:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by The Dirt

Agreed. Everyone needs to provide proof why their arguments except for him. His anecdotal experience is fact and Boulder can do no wrong.

Hell, old Al was probably one of the proponents of Boulder's Municipal Electrical Utility boondoggle.

wong21fr · #**10943** Posted **Aug 17, 2021, 6:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by RyanD

I have a tower crane installation time-lapse I took yesterday?

Very nice project, Ryan! Thanks for putting that together.

TakeFive · #**10944** Posted **Aug 17, 2021, 6:23 PM**

Here We Go Again

So is this the 3rd or 4th time for this site? Maybe this one will fly.

Site of planned 15-story apartment project next to Sports Castle building sold to developer
Aug 17, 2021 By James Rodriguez – Reporter, Denver Business Journal

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Cypress Real Estate Advisors is one step closer to building a 15-story, roughly 284-unit apartment project next to the historic “Sports Castle” building at 10th and Broadway.

The Austin, Texas-based developer has purchased three properties directly to the north of the Sports Castle, totaling a little more than 1 acre, records show. Cypress plans to tear down the existing structures — a collection of low-slung office buildings and an attached parking garage — to make way for the apartment project, which it’s calling Sports Castle Lofts, according to a formal site development plan submitted in July.

Just a formality we hope.

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Cypress appears to be working with Kimley-Horn and architecture firm Meeks + Partners on the plans.

Certificates of landmark demolition eligibility have been issued for the properties purchased by Cypress, located at 1030, 1042 and 1060 N. Broadway. The certificates, which were granted in March 2021, effectively clear the way for demolition within the following five years.

The fact that Cypress has already purchased (closed) on the land is a good sign.

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Originally Posted by RyanD

I have a tower crane installation time-lapse I took yesterday?

Did you pick out the music? It's all good, I like it.

Haha, you even caught the trains moving in the background. Nice work.

bunt_q · #**10945** Posted **Aug 17, 2021, 6:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by RyanD

I have a tower crane installation time-lapse I took yesterday?

I assume you'll be time-lapsing 24/7 now until your lease is up. Let me know if you need a loaner camera in the meantime, lol.

BTW, the wife does not approve of the music. "It's creepy." But I am a fan.

AlSmithee · #**10946** Posted **Aug 17, 2021, 6:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by TakeFive

I understand and water rights are very complicated as is the Colorado River Compact including updates; in fact wong is more of an expert than me. Just curious have you bothered to read any of the supporting documents for the project or are you just spit-balling?

Denver Water is trying to increase their supplies, but expanding Gross makes no sense.

TakeFive · #**10947** Posted **Aug 17, 2021, 6:39 PM**

Forgot to check; now that I have

BusinessDen has a rendering of the Sports Castle Lofts.

A rendering of the proposed “Sports Castle Lofts” development. (Public records)

bunt_q · #**10948** Posted **Aug 17, 2021, 6:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by AlSmithee

Shouldn't the residents of the neighborhood in which this arena is going to be plopped have a say?

Would you want a new 10,000 seat arena in your neighborhood?

It's not often in Colorado we can say this. But the Stock Show was there first. And as an institution of statewide and regional importance, I think its needs count too.

bunt_q · #**10949** Posted **Aug 17, 2021, 6:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by AlSmithee

Denver Water is trying to increase their supplies, but expanding Gross makes no sense.

Are you an engineer now too? More storage is actually the only way to deal with supply constraints, so what you are saying is the opposite of what is factual.

AlSmithee · #**10950** Posted **Aug 17, 2021, 6:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by bunt_q

It's not often in Colorado we can say this. But the Stock Show was there first. And as an institution of statewide and regional importance, I think its needs count too.

Institutions are more important than actual people?

AlSmithee · #**10951** Posted **Aug 17, 2021, 6:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by bunt_q

Are you an engineer now too? More storage is actually the only way to deal with supply constraints, so what you are saying is the opposite of what is factual.

"Only"? What about demand reduction?

bobg · #**10952** Posted **Aug 17, 2021, 7:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by AlSmithee

Institutions are more important than actual people?

What are institutions comprised of if not actual people?

bobg · #**10953** Posted **Aug 17, 2021, 7:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by AlSmithee

"Only"? What about demand reduction?

How is Denver Waters demand reduction insufficient?

TakeFive · #**10954** Posted **Aug 17, 2021, 7:28 PM**

OPEN FOR BUSINESS

Catbird Hotel
3770 Walnut Street, Denver, CO 80205

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All images courtesy Sage Hospitality/Catbird Hotel

https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/...rino-sage-hospitality-extended-stay.html

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As general manager Courtney Griffith prepared to open the Catbird Hotel, a boutique, extended-stay hotel that makes its debut today in Denver’s River North Art District, she researched to see how many other independent lodging properties were geared for long-term guests. And she couldn’t find a single one in the United States.

Whether or not there is a competitor flying under the radar nationally, the Catbird, the newest property from Denver’s Sage Hospitality, is looking to bring something new to the rebounding city hotel scene. Opened on Friday, its 165 rooms offer many of the traditional extended-stay amenities — think in-room kitchens, workspaces and laundry facilities available to the guests on each floor — but with a twist.

The hotel, situated at the intersection of Walnut and Marion streets, features a “playroom” where guests can borrow anything from bikes to acoustic guitars to panini presses, and its lobby kitchen will offer take-and-bake meals culinarily adventurous in-room cookers. Roughly 1,000 pieces of local art curated by Nine dot Arts cover the building. Each of its suites features a custom-made brew from nearby Strava Craft Coffee, and guests can even take a lobby plant to their room for the duration of their stay, courtesy of Denver-based ReRoot.

The hotel curves around a 131-year-old, four-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bathroom house that can be rented by large parties for everything from family reunions to bridal-preparation gatherings.

Denver · #**10955** Posted **Aug 17, 2021, 7:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by bunt_q

It's not often in Colorado we can say this. But the Stock Show was there first. And as an institution of statewide and regional importance, I think its needs count too.

I could not agree more. The national western center is one of the oldest and most important institutions in the region!

Denver · #**10956** Posted **Aug 17, 2021, 7:43 PM**

Another project broke ground last week. Demo has commenced on 200 Clayton (across the Street from the Cherry Cricket)

RyanD · #**10957** Posted **Aug 17, 2021, 8:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by wong21fr

Very nice project, Ryan! Thanks for putting that together.

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Originally Posted by TakeFive

Did you pick out the music? It's all good, I like it.

Haha, you even caught the trains moving in the background. Nice work.

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Originally Posted by bunt_q

I assume you'll be time-lapsing 24/7 now until your lease is up. Let me know if you need a loaner camera in the meantime, lol.

BTW, the wife does not approve of the music. "It's creepy." But I am a fan.

Thanks guys! I did pick the music and was going for a more funky / electronic / futuristic, and maybe slightly creepy theme.

I should have already had the weatherproof / solar camera I planned out years ago already built. And... I should be timelapsing this project from my patio as well. But you know how that goes lol.

Edit: Maybe with a little accidental renaissance in there too.

https://denverinfill.com/2021/08/19th-and-chestnut-tower-crane-assembled.html

AlSmithee · #**10958** Posted **Aug 17, 2021, 8:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by bobg

How is Denver Waters demand reduction insufficient?

I was pointing out that that increasing supply isn't the "only" way to deal with constraints, as was claimed.

SirLucasTheGreat · #**10959** Posted **Aug 17, 2021, 9:01 PM**

Thanks for the update on 200 Clayton. I wish we had other transit options along the speer corridor and Broadway. If there was a street car going down to the Cherry Creek mall, that would probably help their business and help with all the sales tax I imagine Denver is losing with the decreased downtown workforce.

RyanD · #**10960** Posted **Aug 17, 2021, 9:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by SirLucasTheGreat

Thanks for the update on 200 Clayton. I wish we had other transit options along the speer corridor and Broadway. If there was a street car going down to the Cherry Creek mall, that would probably help their business and help with all the sales tax I imagine Denver is losing with the decreased downtown workforce.

*Gondola Noises*

Bunt - we really need to get on it.