DENVER | Main Development Thread #6

[Cirrus]

28,000 square feet. Definitely a mini Target. About the same as a smallish supermarket.

[PLANSIT]

15L Stop Enhancements Survey

As many are aware, the City of Denver and RTD are working on both near-term and long-term improvements to East Colfax transit service. As part of RTD's 15L Improvement Project (near-term), new shelters will be added to the corridor from Broadway to the R-Line in Aurora. These new shelters have the ability to vastly improve the waiting experience of 15L (and in some cases 15) riders.

Please take a few minutes to fill out this RTD survey asking for amenity preference within the shelters. The survey will take ~10 potential amenities and ask you to give your preference using 4 varied amenities per question (least and most preferred). This allows RTD to determine which amenities are valued the most when included in the design.

Potential amenities include:

Glass Shelter
Interior Lighting
Digital Info Screens
Real-time information
Benches
Security Cameras





(mods, I'm double posting in Denver Development and Transportation threads to get most responses. Thanks)

[semiurban]

Linky?

[PLANSIT]

Originally Posted by semiurban

Linky?

Edited and included. Thanks!

[Cirrus]

If you had trouble w/ the survey link before, try this one.

[lumos]

[QUOTE=semiurban;7725695]This Confluence rendering shows vertical lighting among the panels. Anyone know if this will actually happen?

I do hope so. Being on my doorstep I am trying hard to love this building. Those poorly fitting, cheap looking panels are particularly jarring to my untrained eye. I know the bottom of the panels that do not line up will be covered by something; but it looks so temporary.

And that rendering is the best elevation of the building; it is the one with the most glass. If you look from Little Raven Street south of 15th you see a mass of billowy, deformed gossamer thin greyness. I know that the buckled look is there presumably to make it less severe on the eye, but I like my buildings strong, resolute, proud. This looks like a 6 foot six teamster in a frock.

(Wow, I did not know I had that anger in me. I feel better now.)

[CherryCreek]

[QUOTE=lumos;7727138]

Originally Posted by semiurban

This Confluence rendering shows vertical lighting among the panels. Anyone know if this will actually happen?

I do hope so. Being on my doorstep I am trying hard to love this building. Those poorly fitting, cheap looking panels are particularly jarring to my untrained eye. I know the bottom of the panels that do not line up will be covered by something; but it looks so temporary.

And that rendering is the best elevation of the building; it is the one with the most glass. If you look from Little Raven Street south of 15th you see a mass of billowy, deformed gossamer thin greyness. I know that the buckled look is there presumably to make it less severe on the eye, but I like my buildings strong, resolute, proud. This looks like a 6 foot six teamster in a frock.

(Wow, I did not know I had that anger in me. I feel better now.)

Agreed. The basic building design is very solid. The gray panels selected for siding were a major misstep in the execution that really take this one down a few notches. Still, as it's closer to completion it looks better than my initial impression.

[TakeFive]

Schroeppel addresses urban issues
by John Rebchook

[seventwenty]

HB17-1169, a bill that would have given a developer the right to repair a construction error before being sued by a homeowner dies in committee

Originally Posted by Denver Post

The bill stipulated that a construction professional would have the right to inspect a property with an alleged defect and choose to either repair it or offer to settle the matter before a homeowner could file a lawsuit seeking damages. Litigation over shoddy construction work has been blamed by reform advocates for impeding new condominium projects in Colorado.

SB-156, a bill that aims to place arbitration front and center in the battle over construction defects reform made it through the Senate Business, Labor, and Technology Committee.

Originally Posted by Denver Post

The measure, Senate Bill 156, stipulates that mediation or arbitration be used to resolve disputes over shoddy construction before homeowners associations resort to the courts with a defects lawsuit.

SB17-045, a bill that aims to appropriate defense costs with defendants and insurers has not been assigned to committee yet. Nor has SB17-155, which defines a construction defect.


There appear to be 2 more bills, but I cannot quickly find them.

[derek.berardi]

Is there some way to find out who voted for what? I'd like to know which of our legislators continuously votes against these bills. Also, I'm curious house close it is to passing each time. Are we getting closer to a resolution each year or are Dems standing hard ground on this?

[seventwenty]

Originally Posted by derek.berardi

Is there some way to find out who voted for what? I'd like to know which of our legislators continuously votes against these bills. Also, I'm curious house close it is to passing each time. Are we getting closer to a resolution each year or are Dems standing hard ground on this?

Yeah a few of the links provided send you right to the bill's legislative website, which will tell you all the legislative history, including votes and amendments.

This link is the general bill search link. Search by bill number, bill sponsor (legislators who give a bill initital support), or keyword.

Once you locate the bill you want, scroll down to committee for prior committee action, including committee votes. Note that postpone indefinitely means "the bill died in committee" and the legislators who voted to postpone the bill indefinitely voted to kill the bill.

Bill history will tell you where the bill is at currently. Per statute, the Senate President and Speaker of the House must assign the bill to a committee, but, if they want, they can sit on a bill until May, just before the legislature ends. Bills may start in either legislative chamber. No matter where they start, all bills must pass both the Senate and the House before they're sent on to the governor to sign or veto. Some particular bills must start in the Senate or the House, but I forget which bills those are. Maybe the budget starts (aka "Long Bill") in the House.

A final note on things, both the Senate and the House have a committee called State, Veterans, and Military Affairs, aka "kill committee." Since all bills must be assigned to a committee, these committees are where bills go to die on a partisan vote. For the 2017-18 legislative sessions, Democrats control the House, and Republicans control the Senate. The House kill committee is where Democrats send bills they want to die. The Senate kill committee is where Republicans send bills they want to die. We'll see what 2019-20 looks like after the 2018 elections.

[Denver]

New renderings (at least to me) for the proposed hotel at 16th and Market. This looks to be the update version of what was posted at Denver Cityscape on 7/19/16. With all the hotel proposals popping up, I would not be surprised if some of the do not come to fruition.



http://www.dlrgroup.com/work/lodo-denver-lifestyle-hotel/

[Fritzdude]

Originally Posted by Denver

New renderings (at least to me) for the proposed hotel at 16th and Market. This looks to be the update version of what was posted at Denver Cityscape on 7/19/16. With all the hotel proposals popping up, I would not be surprised if some of the do not come to fruition.



http://www.dlrgroup.com/work/lodo-denver-lifestyle-hotel/

I like the design it would be sure nice to get rid of that parking lot on a prominent corner. I'd be curious about the status of the proposed hotel at 17th and blake as well, which is not too far away. I'm also amazed at the continued demand for hotel services in the city, especially with the rise of VRBO and AirBNB options.

[Denver]

Because we haven't seen any sexy renderings of new projects in a little bit, I present Giambrocco at 38th and Brighton. The development will welcome visitor and Denverites alike, with over 500,000 square feet of Class A office space, over 350 residential units both affordable and high end, visible live-work artists’ studios, retail hot spots, walkable alley-ways, pedestrian-friendly plazas, lush native landscaping, a linear park, and of course, plenty of public art.



Info and more pictures (that are too large for me to post) can be found here.

http://ozarch.com/2017/02/giambrocco/

[CherryCreek]

What a cool design. This design presumes that the current industrial use of the "factory" and its silos will continue. I see that Giambrocco is described as "produce company" focusing on supplying restaurants. Not sure what exactly they do in their factory, though their product list includes both restaurant supplies and produce. Does the factory create industrial odors? Is is likely to be compatible with the contemplated development (from a tenant perspective)?

If it stays, it would be funky to see the silos turned into art work with paintings or other additions (similar to what's illustrated with the cat painting on the side of one of the buildings).

[mhays]

I like the idea in theory.

But the backup alarms on those trucks would make the housing unlivable unless it's purely daytime, which I'd guess it isn't.

Also, is there an issue with protecting industrial-zoned land? It's a big issue in my region.

[wong21fr]

Originally Posted by CherryCreek

What a cool design. This design presumes that the current industrial use of the "factory" and its silos will continue. I see that Giambrocco is described as "produce company" focusing on supplying restaurants. Not sure what exactly they do in their factory, though their product list includes both restaurant supplies and produce. Does the factory create industrial odors? Is is likely to be compatible with the contemplated development (from a tenant perspective)?

If it stays, it would be funky to see the silos turned into art work with paintings or other additions (similar to what's illustrated with the cat painting on the side of one of the buildings).

Gimabrocco owns the distribution warehouses on which this development proposal is sited- they're likely selling out. The "factory" is owns by Ardent Mills- a JV of ConAgra and Cargill, and is actually a flour mill. So no noxious emissions. Though in the case of a grain silo explosion this development is going to look like Dresden in 1944.

EDIT: Yeah, that's a bullshit project summary by Oz that shows some real creativity with the site history. I also like how they also obscured the active railroad spur that bisects the site.

[twister244]

Originally Posted by CherryCreek

What a cool design. This design presumes that the current industrial use of the "factory" and its silos will continue. I see that Giambrocco is described as "produce company" focusing on supplying restaurants. Not sure what exactly they do in their factory, though their product list includes both restaurant supplies and produce. Does the factory create industrial odors? Is is likely to be compatible with the contemplated development (from a tenant perspective)?

If it stays, it would be funky to see the silos turned into art work with paintings or other additions (similar to what's illustrated with the cat painting on the side of one of the buildings).

I love the design. It's very reminiscent of the Mills Ruins in Minneapolis. That's a very similar development which surrounds the old historical Gold Medal Flour mills on the Mississippi River.

[Sam Hill]

Lol! What is Maeby from Arrested Development doing in this rendering?

[Sam Hill]

Originally Posted by mhays

Also, is there an issue with protecting industrial-zoned land? It's a big issue in my region.

I'm guessing there isn't because this is the first I've ever heard of such a concept.