DENVER | Main Development Thread #7

[SirLucasTheGreat]

More RiNo news

General contractor pays $5M for site of planned office building in Denver’s RiNo neighborhood



https://www-denverpost-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.denverpost.com/2021/12/15/mortenson-buys-rino-parking-lot/amp/?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a6&usqp=mq331AQIKAGwASCAAgM%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16395986512473&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.denverpost.com%2F2021%2F12%2F15%2Fmortenson-buys-rino-parking-lot%2F6

[SirLucasTheGreat]

Did someone here write this Denverite article on the Amacon project? Exciting new rendering

Denver’s condo freeze thaws with 461 new units coming to the old Shelby’s Bar & Grill site


https://denverite.com/2021/12/15/denvers...oming-to-the-old-shelbys-bar-grill-site/

[Arapahoe]

Originally Posted by SirLucasTheGreat

Did someone here write this Denverite article on the Amacon project? Exciting new rendering

Denver’s condo freeze thaws with 461 new units coming to the old Shelby’s Bar & Grill site


https://denverite.com/2021/12/15/denvers...oming-to-the-old-shelbys-bar-grill-site/

love the new nightime render! exciting to see the digging start hopefully right after the holidays.

[TakeFive]

Originally Posted by SirLucasTheGreat

More RiNo news

General contractor pays $5M for site of planned office building in Denver’s RiNo neighborhood

I thought it a bit curious... except if and yes this will become Mortenson's Denver office building.

[wong21fr]

Originally Posted by Arapahoe

love the new nightime render! exciting to see the digging start hopefully right after the holidays.

Indeed. That is one sexy rendering.

[Arapahoe]

DIA $1.1 billion budget request to finish Great Hall project passes committee. - Denver Gazette
Gone is the retail area for departing passengers, the render now shows escalators going directly down to the trains from security on level 6 all the way to level 4.

[coolmandan03]

Originally Posted by Arapahoe

...the render now shows escalators going directly down to the trains from security on level 6 all the way to level 4.

That's been in the plan for a while. Even this Denver Post article shows the escalators from level 6 to 4 back in November 2020.

[Arapahoe]

1900 Lawrence lot is now closed to parking. A sign is up saying under new ownership as of Dec 14th and any remaining vehicles will be towed. Some fencing starting to go up on the perimeter.

woot!

[Denveropolis]

Originally Posted by Arapahoe

1900 Lawrence lot is now closed to parking. A sign is up saying under new ownership as of Dec 14th and any remaining vehicles will be towed. Some fencing starting to go up on the perimeter.

woot!

I had monthly parking in this lot and am in process of obtaining a refund. I spoke with Hensel Phelps person onsite this morning and they will begin preliminary site work after the holidays with a groundbreaking in March.

Upward!

[wong21fr]

Originally Posted by Denveropolis

I had monthly parking in this lot and am in process of obtaining a refund. I spoke with Hensel Phelps person onsite this morning and they will begin preliminary site work after the holidays with a groundbreaking in March.

Upward!

That's awesome news! Having three 30-plus story towers going up in 2022 is not something that I would have expected a year ago.

[Arapahoe]

Originally Posted by wong21fr

That's awesome news! Having three 30-plus story towers going up in 2022 is not something that I would have expected a year ago.

Its looking likely we will have 7 towers under construction in the same close vicinity surrounding Arapahoe Square within two years.

Completion of XD2 - 250 ft
Tower 1 Amacon - 400 ft
Tower 2 Amacon - 350 ft
1900 Lawrence - 400 ft
Kenect Denver - 250 ft
Tower 1 Golub/Rockefeller -400 ft
Tower 2 Golub/Rockefeller -400 ft

Unlike other 'proposed' buildings, these projects have serious money already invested, land purchased, demolitions done or commencing, not to mention active project files with the city of Denver. Obviously no guarantee, but things are definitely pointing in the right direction.

There is also the Evolve Towers in the "proposed" status in this same area. I'm still skeptical about this one, but it would add another two towers (250ft each) bringing the total to NINE towers with overlapping construction timelines and a HUGE cluster of seven to twelve tower cranes at peak.

[Ich]

Originally Posted by Arapahoe

Its looking likely we will have 7 towers under construction in the same close vicinity surrounding Arapahoe Square within two years.

Completion of XD2 - 250 ft
Tower 1 Amacon - 400 ft
Tower 2 Amacon - 350 ft
1900 Lawrence - 400 ft
Kenect Denver - 250 ft
Tower 1 Golub/Rockefeller -400 ft
Tower 2 Golub/Rockefeller -400 ft

Unlike other 'proposed' buildings, these projects have serious money already invested, land purchased, demolitions done or commencing, not to mention active project files with the city of Denver. Obviously no guarantee, but things are definitely pointing in the right direction.

There is also the Evolve Towers in the "proposed" status in this same area. I'm still skeptical about this one, but it would add another two towers (250ft each) bringing the total to NINE towers with overlapping construction timelines and a HUGE cluster of seven to twelve tower cranes at peak.

Nice! Is X3 still happening?

[SirLucasTheGreat]

A Square is going to very different in a few years, especially with the 5280 trail. The Evolve Towers are legit though, right? Isn't the confidence level in that project has happening pretty high?

[Arapahoe]

Originally Posted by SirLucasTheGreat

A Square is going to very different in a few years, especially with the 5280 trail. The Evolve Towers are legit though, right? Isn't the confidence level in that project has happening pretty high?

Yeah, just no construction permitting activity yet. Considering they said that they plan to break ground soon, they don't seem to be moving quickly. This is a developer with no track record of delivering a single project and probably meager financial means unlike the big players from Vancouver, Chicago and New York developing the other properties in the towers list.

It could happen though, they claimed to be getting major interest from investors, their development plans are 100% city approved, they bought the property, the city seems enthused about the "attainable" price point, and of course they cleaned up the encampments and designated that surrounding area as a frequent clean-up zone. All of these are positive indicators.

One other interesting aspect to eVolve towers is that it will be the first construction project in Colorado to use "top-down" construction, whereby the core is erected and then floors are fabricated and raised to highest open level and they work their way down. That would be very interesting to see.

[Arapahoe]

Originally Posted by Ich

Nice! Is X3 still happening?

XD3 is in concept phase. Maybe it gets going when XD2 is getting closer to completion in 2023. (XD2 got underway just after they were wrapping up the original XDenver project)

[TakeFive]

If nobody is around to witness all these towers being built, then did it really happen?



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[mhays]

Originally Posted by Arapahoe

One other interesting aspect to eVolve towers is that it will be the first construction project in Colorado to use "top-down" construction, whereby the core is erected and then floors are fabricated and raised to highest open level and they work their way down. That would be very interesting to see.

That sounds very different from what's normally called "top down construction." This involves building the below-grade parts from the top down, which you can do while the above-grade part is built normally. Youtube 1. Youtube 2.

[Paulopolis]

There’s another tower crane going up in RiNo. Looks like it’s near 39th & Brighton.

[Arapahoe]

Originally Posted by mhays

That sounds very different from what's normally called "top down construction." This involves building the below-grade parts from the top down, which you can do while the above-grade part is built normally. Youtube 1. Youtube 2.

Evolve Towers is designed employing a novel technology from TGE Construction and it is different from the top-down excavation construction that you reference.

It reduces construction costs by having most of the fabrication, including plumbing and electrical, done on the ground and then whole floors are hoisted up the core one by one. It also eliminates the need for tower cranes.

Here is a video that illustrates the process.

• Video Link

[Arapahoe]

cool interior render of a unit in Evolve Towers showing the Denver skyline out the window.



I really do hope this gets built and at least partially becomes for-sale condos at a more affordable price point.