Denver-based Palisade Partners is planning a new 26-unit townhome project at the corner of 24th and Washington in Denver’s historic Curtis Park-Five Points neighborhood. The site is outlined in yellow on this Google Earth aerial:
The development is being designed by Craine Archtecture. Here is a rendering of the project, courtesy of Craine:
For more information, please visit the project website: 2400Washington.com. The development is planned to be completed by late 2015.
Curtis Park on the upswing! Following on the heels of all the fill-in for Welton Street, this neighborhood is seeing some love..
Well, this is not Curtis Park, but yeah! Agreed!
Just to be clear, this is NOT Curtis Park but in the San Rafael Neighborhood that is located in Five Points.
On DenverInfill we use the Curtis Park-Five Points name for the larger area that includes the San Rafael historic area.
And the San Rafael Neighborhood isn’t an official neighborhood. Actually, neither is Curtis Park, or River North. It’s all just Five Points (or Five Points with a bit of Globeville for RiNo).
Will the nice little red brick rowhouse at 2430 Washington be removed? I believe it’s included in your satellite map.
I hope so.
A row of healthy locust trees presently grace much of the public-right-of-way at this proposed development. Alas, the architectural drawings show a future right-of-way barren of trees. Hopefully the developer can figure out how to build without cutting down the existing trees! That should be a City requirement, but seems to be ignored a lot.
And, it is not just parking lots that serve as the building site. It appears some duplexes of significant age currently exist at the north end of the proposed project. So, this is not just “in-fill”, but also some “tear-down”. Exit that affordable housing!
cool project but that’s not Curtis-Park its San Rafael located in Five Points.
It would be criminal to lose the old row homes and large trees.
Seriously? They’re demolishing those row homes for this?
If only we had some large surface parking lots to develop around downtown that didn’t require teardowns!
Peter, they are replacing the three small row homes and an empty lot for 26 row homes. I suspect that, although this lot was zoned MX-5, the neighborhood would not have supported the developers building higher density. Lastly, empty lots are likely the cheapest land to build on because it has not income only expenses. Parking lots have income and so for the owner to be willing to sell, the potential buyer must be willing to spend a lot more and build a lot more: large apartment/condo or very, very, very expensive row homes. Unfortunately, I suspect that smaller, older, un-protected housing like those historic row homes are probably cheaper to buy and then develop than a parking lot. That is what is truly sad.
Fortunately not eveyone feels as you do. This project is good for the area that I actually live in. I have my opinion, you have yours. Neither is more valid that the other.
With regards to the discussion above about the distinction between Curtis Park and San Rafael, does anyone have thoughts on which (unofficial) neighborhood is considered more desirable and/or fetches higher property values?
As a San Rafael resident (and love it), I’m pretty sure that Curtis Park has higher property values.
YEAH MAN!! MORE RED BRICK! MORE EARTHTONE COLORS, JUST WHAT DENVER NEEDS!!!!
I own property and live on Washington St. one block north of this development. I love this plan and it’s perfect for this area. Bring it on! Can’t wait for the improvement this will bring!
I talked with Carl at Civil Technologies- the 5pts company behind this development.
The drawing on this Infill post shows no trees in the right-of-way. Carl grew up in the neighborhood, and actually planted those trees many years ago, and still cares for them. He assured me they aren’t going anywhere.
As for the row homes, they are now vacant with utilities cut, and awaiting city approval to be razed.