The project is a 34-story, 494′ tall tower containing a total of 730,000 square feet of Class A office space. The building’s program includes two levels of underground parking, a two-story lobby with ground-floor retail, seven additional stories of structured parking, 26 stories of office space, topped with a 30′ tall mechanical penthouse. The project architect is Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Here are a couple of renderings, courtesy of Brookfield and SOM:
The perspective on the left is taken from roughly the corner of 15th and Welton, look east at the corner of 15th and Glenarm. Visible on the left edge of the image is the Pavilions bridge over Glenarm where the Wolfgang Puck restaurant used to be. Visible on the right edge are the two buildings that make up the Sheraton Hotel.
The perspective on the right is taken from about half way between Welton and Glenarm at Colfax, overlooking the Emily Griffith Opportunity School and the Crowne Plaza Hotel (formerly Holiday Inn) and other buildings.
The distinctive angled edge of the tower is mirrored on the opposite corner of the building not visible in these perspectives, at 16th and Tremont. The project also includes a pedestrian passageway from the second level of the Pavilions into the lobby area of the new office tower.
Brookfield owns not only the project site behind the Pavilions on Block 196, but also the other parking lot behind the Pavilions on Block 173, as well as the half block fronting Tremont Place on Block 197, which includes the 12-story Tremont Parking Center. Future development of these parcels will likely include hotel and residential towers. In addition to the 1501 Tremont development, Brookfield is also working with the city, the Downtown Denver Partnership, and neighboring property owners on plans to enhance the pedestrian and retail environment along 15th.
Brookfield is now starting to actively market the project, with construction slated to begin once a target percentage of the building has been pre-leased. 1501 Tremont will be built to a LEED Gold standard.
Too many things to comment on… I'll be nice to have the broad side of this tower juxtaposing the Hyatt and the Spire. Denver could be getting a lot of glass if this, T2, and 999 all come through.
Neato! I like it! I didn't know something like this could fit behind the Pavillions. But I think it would fit better somewhere along 17th, preferably along the empty parcels on either California or Welton.
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Offices are good but condos and apartments are better. When people can walk to work and play downtown, the vibrancy of the area will really take off.
Love the flat roof – its so unique!!!!
Whoa when did we get anonymous comments back?
anyhow, I really like this and it fits the spot nicely. I can't picture anything much larger than this that would fit in with the pavillions.
Great news for denver!!!
I'll believe it when I see it.
Flat roof? Who cares. The glass look is great! This is the perfect project for this parcel – actually it's much taller than I thought we would ever get anything here. I agree that we need more residential towers. A nice condo project would do well on the other Pavilions parcel fronting 15th once the whole mortgage apocalypse is over.
Awesome! Thats a great addition to that area. Now just imagine what Evan Makovsky has in store for the area a few blocks north…
Ken any rumors surrounding his plans?
I thought that something was going to be announced following the ULI conference that was held not that long ago.
I thought that we all agreed that there will be a petting zoo and a farmers market behind the Fontius, excuse me, Sage building?
As for Evan's plans, I read that the City screwed him over by refusing to extend the temporary permit for the big Tent along 15th Street. Nice.
Nice looking Building. I would love to see this added to the Skyline. Sure more condo or apartments would be good. But can they sell or be rented. I'm sure a lot of land owners and developers want to see how well the Spire does, before they commit too much to a future residential tower.
love it! that part of downtown needs some new stuff.
Thoooper !!! very nice indeed!
ANONYMOUS, RESSURRECTED FROM THE DEAD! AMEN!
THIS BUILDING IS GORGEOUS!
It seems like many of the new buildings downtown are LEED certified. I hope this is becoming the norm and future developments will continue this wonderful trend.
I will be truly impressed if they can get financing for this in this current market. I doubt its gonna happen in the near future otherwise.
It is so great to finally hear some good news – I'm getting tired of all of the doom and gloom.
Oh, about being "anonymous", I tried to get a sign in name but couldn't. I reckon I'm not the most techno-savy person out there.
Very nice. That spot has been desparate for something, and what a way to further wall up 15th. Now their plans for a parking garage next to Republic are starting to make sense. So what's with the last parcel? Waiting to build a companion condo tower?
Is this the same block as the unbuilt Trango tower?
http://www.denverskyscrapers.com/specialfeatures_trangotower.html
How many reflective glass towers do we need? Sorry guys, but I think they could come up with something better. All the new office towers being proposed are reflective glass/mirror types! Enough already!
Welcome to the current architectural style Anon.
You can say goodbye (for now) to pyramidal tops as well – that's so 1990's, though spires are in. Look at any new building in any city and they are all about the curtain wall. Or look at KPF's and SOM's portfolio for the last decade to see that flat topped glass buildings are the new black.
But this can be a good thing, there are some amazing curtain walls out there – 7 World Trade Center has a beautiful glass skin that has a reflective quality that makes it feel alive – and even the Trump Tower in Chicago isn't bad. God, I never thought I'd say a Trump tower wasn't bad.
I am going to vent a bit – please excuse me. But it gets under my skin when there is a good news announcemnet of a potential new office tower and all I get out of a bunch of pseudo-architects is critisim.
If some of these pseudo architects are so all knowing, where are some of the towers that THEY designed ? Hmmm?
I have to defend the "pseudo architects" since I qualify for that description. Critics, be they amateur or professional, are entitled to their opinion without necessarily having the professional training in the art form being criticized. It helps, of course, but it's not necessary. Does Paul Goldberger have a license to practice architecture? Has Roger Ebert ever written a screenplay or directed a film? Critiquing architecture, built or unbuilt, is a relatively harmless passtime for most of the people who comment here.
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I second historymystery. Architecture especially is the one true art form that MUST be publicly accessible (note I say "accessible" and not necessarily "acceptable"), since it's always in public view. If the untrained eye doesn't find it appealing, then one should rethink what they're building, since no one really wants a hideous mass of steel sitting in their courtyard… or on their street. It's fine to develop new genres and all, but the common man must find it aesthetically pleasing.
I'm sure, when in a museum, you've commented on how Pollock and Kandinsky are crap. But are you a fine arts major? Everyone's entitled to an opinion in regards to their interests. If they're on this site, they've probably got at least a layman's interest in architecture, and it's good that they've got at least that.
Besides that, the whole point of posting information on this site and others is to share ideas and engage in conversation about a common interest! This is a place where "pseudo architects" and "real architects" can learn a little something from each other. So, just chill out and enjoy the discourse.
Yeah guys but your comments are rather predictable at this point. "I don't like the flat roof", "too much glass", "not a unique shape." The importance is that we're getting buildings to replace nasty surface parking lots. Believe me, there is still plenty of time and space for a very unique building. Speaking of unique buildings, is Buzz Geller still pushing for the Bell Tower?
Actually, Roger Ebert did write a screenplay. It was the 1970 cult film "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls," directed by Russ Meyer
I have to say I'm a BIG fan of tall stuff coming to Denver… but this site looks WAY better with a low 30 some story beauty!!!
I love it I hope its built un like the Bell Park Tower. (now a stubby block) or 1401.
This will add a lot of light style at night time as well!