DENVER | Main Development Thread #6 - Page 379

TheNightfly · #**7561** Posted **Mar 11, 2016, 4:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by comoneymaker

Denver has 3 of the top meeting hotels in the U.S.

http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2...els-among-top-meeting-hotels-in-u-s.html

That's awesome. I think we need cooler tourist hotels. I'd love to see a NYC or SF style Marriott Marquis and a W Hotel across the street from the convention center. Having those two with some rooftop bars would complete that area.

RyanD · #**7562** Posted **Mar 11, 2016, 4:41 PM**

^ I'll take the Ritz from LA!

Here are some views from 1401 Lawrence!

Central Downtown: 1401 Lawrence Update #13

And some panos! Scroll ------------------------------------>

[Ken's awesome panorama!]

lumos · #**7563** Posted **Mar 11, 2016, 4:49 PM**

Wonderful images as usual. That is such an impressive building, although I can not help feeling as I drive down Speer that it is crying out for another half a dozen floors. We are living in the Cambrian Explosion of Denver development.

CherryCreek · #**7564** Posted **Mar 11, 2016, 4:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by RyanD

^ I'll take the Ritz from LA!

Here are some views from 1401 Lawrence!

That building will have some of the best views in Denver. And that's just on "blah" March day. Many days will really be spectacular.

Taking in those views, it's amazing the transformation that has taken place in the past 10 years. I used to ride my mountain bike around LoDo in the early 90s when it was largely still my own private urban wasteland. Now, it's like a new city has been built.

Dogpatch · #**7565** Posted **Mar 11, 2016, 6:30 PM**

Great update on Denver Infill, Ryan. Viewing the images looking toward Auraria brought up a totally random question for me. Hoping somebody here knows the answer.
Are the big medians between the lanes of Speer Blvd owned by the city? Or by the campus? Seems like a really good opportunity to bridge that gap between downtown and the campus.
Thanks!

bunt_q · #**7566** Posted **Mar 11, 2016, 6:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by Dogpatch

Great update on Denver Infill, Ryan. Viewing the images looking toward Auraria brought up a totally random question for me. Hoping somebody here knows the answer.
Are the big medians between the lanes of Speer Blvd owned by the city? Or by the campus? Seems like a really good opportunity to bridge that gap between downtown and the campus.
Thanks!

Mostly owned by the city, yes.

Here, you can see property ownership anywhere in the city: https://www.denvergov.org/maps/map/property

navyweaxguy · #**7567** Posted **Mar 11, 2016, 7:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by CherryCreek

That building will have some of the best views in Denver. And that's just on "blah" March day. Many days will really be spectacular.

Taking in those views, it's amazing the transformation that has taken place in the past 10 years. I used to ride my mountain bike around LoDo in the early 90s when it was largely still my own private urban wasteland. Now, it's like a new city has been built.

I was thinking the same thing. I was working at the Westin and in the Tabor Center then. Riding across the old Speer viaduct to go home. So dangerous. Denver has changed so much in the 22 years since I left.

Dogpatch · #**7568** Posted **Mar 11, 2016, 9:01 PM**

Thank you! That's a great resource.

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Originally Posted by bunt_q

Mostly owned by the city, yes.

Here, you can see property ownership anywhere in the city: https://www.denvergov.org/maps/map/property

mojiferous · #**7569** Posted **Mar 11, 2016, 9:41 PM**

Looks like another vacant lot gone in Uptown, replaced by yet another huge cuboid

http://denverurbanreview.com/2016/03/12-story-apartment-project-planned-for-uptown/

CherryCreek · #**7570** Posted **Mar 11, 2016, 10:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by mojiferous

Looks like another vacant lot gone in Uptown, replaced by yet another huge cuboid

http://denverurbanreview.com/2016/03/12-story-apartment-project-planned-for-uptown/

I love that look. Most of RiNo and North Larimer would kill for buildings of that quality.

comoneymaker · #**7571** Posted **Mar 11, 2016, 10:56 PM**

I just cant wait for the steel frame to start going up around 1401.

Sam Hill · #**7572** Posted **Mar 12, 2016, 12:43 AM**

More European cars, lol!

RyanD · #**7573** Posted **Mar 12, 2016, 5:42 AM**

That project has been on the boards for a lllllllloooooooonnnnnnnggggggg time. We'll see if it happens this time...

TheNightfly · #**7574** Posted **Mar 12, 2016, 7:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by Sam Hill

More European cars, lol!

I know, we're so rich and classy here in Denver that we drive imports with the Euro plates still on them!

So I'm looking for a side job. How much do they pay those models to appear like a bunch of confused ghost-like pedestrians, aimlessly searching for that perfect coffee shop that was once open before they died?

RyanD · #**7575** Posted **Mar 14, 2016, 2:59 PM**

Oh how I love skyscraper construction

Central Downtown: 1144 Fifteenth Update #11

comoneymaker · #**7576** Posted **Mar 14, 2016, 3:18 PM**

The El Jebel shrine in north Denver is being converted into 25 condos

http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/print-edition/2016/03/11/el-jebel-shrine-to-become-condos.html

Need a membership to read full thing. Wasn't trump or something had a huge tower planned for this site?

RyanD · #**7577** Posted **Mar 14, 2016, 3:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by bcp

^ are they doing the parking in RC and then steel up from there?

Like this? I believe so.

http://www.nishimatsu.co.jp/eng/solution/tech/kenchiku/koukou.html

ramanboy33 · #**7578** Posted **Mar 14, 2016, 3:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by comoneymaker

The El Jebel shrine in north Denver is being converted into 25 condos

http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/print-edition/2016/03/11/el-jebel-shrine-to-become-condos.html

Need a membership to read full thing. Wasn't trump or something had a huge tower planned for this site?

Trump's proposal was at the El Jebel Temple downtown (1770 Sherman).