Looks like about 370'. Apartments tend to be around 10' per floor, plus there's some roof architectural.
I spent some time in the CPV/Station/Parks area a few weeks ago. It looks like it's really coming together (and/or will soon do so), along with the area past the third ped bridge (over the freeway) and the Ballpark area. Actually the whole core looked kind of like where I live...construction everywhere. (From Highland to the football stadium to the Benedict Park area to Capitol Hill and the Cherry Creek neighborhood.)
It's hard to guess why taller residential towers aren't more prevalent. They ought to be going up on 15th for example...great confluence of easy walk to work, shopping, entertainment, etc. I'll say it again...parking determines much about what gets built, and it's harder to make a tall tower pencil when parking means it needs a larger site.
Now I'm seeing this is nearly 1.2 acres. The reason they need that is probably because the land keeps the parking costs low...whether below-grade, above-grade, above-grade and adjacent, etc.
Looks like the land was cheap at $200/sf. That should make highrises easier to build, but it'll make lower buildings easier too. Plentiful, cheap land doesn't encourage highrises.
Last edited by mhays; Sep 2, 2013 at 8:52 PM.
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