A new 28-unit row home project is under development in the River North District near 34th and Larimer. Here’s a Google Earth aerial with the site outlined in yellow:
The project being developed by BLVD Builders; their project architect is EV Studio. Here are a site plan, axonometric view, and rendering of Larimer Row, courtesy of BLVD Builders and EV Studio:
Larimer Row is already under construction and should be finished later in 2015. For more information, please visit the project website: larimerrow.com.
It’s really amazing all the development and activity happening in the upper Larimer, Walnut and Blake street areas. Those areas have been essentially transformed in recent years with obviously a lot of good things to come.
What’s up with the grassy lots between Lawrence and Arapahoe and 25th and 27th? Any redevelopment plans?
Hi Richard,
Those blocks are both owned by the Denver Housing Authority and will likely be developed as housing in the future; at this time, however, I’m not aware of any specific plans.
There was a short blurb in the latest Curtis Park Times:
“Design sessions for mixed income for-sale housing on the DHA properties on Arapahoe between 25th and 27th will be starting in earnest in the coming weeks.”
One of the blocks was actually sold to Treehouse Development and Tres Birds Workshop is designing the building.
Right now it’s the site a nice little weekend party called the Big Wonderful during the warmer months. Drinks, food, and music. Of course, some real estate developer will propose a block of single-family, one-million dollar plus homes, just like the one in this article — completely ignoring the tenor of the neighborhood.
Keep LoDo in LoDo.
Just to get your facts straight, Ryan, these are not single family detached housing. These are row houses, or townhouses, and they are considered multifamily. Furthermore, if you followed the link provided in the article, you would find that these are selling for the mid-$300 for a two bedroom and the mid-$400 for a three bedroom. Not one million. Lastly, LoDo is strictly multifamily and the original “tenor” of Curtis Park is single family. So, I don’t know what you are really asking for.
Semantics. Just because these units physically attach in some way, does not mean they are multi-family homes the same way we would consider an apartment complex of a similar size.
This is a low-density housing project in a neighborhood that is starving for cheaper, higher-density accommodations to support the businesses on the Larimer Street corridor. The tenor I refer to is not a style of housing, but a cultural divide. These homes will be attracting buyers that will bypass the neighborhood for the culture of LoDo, and the endlessly complain all the while about the music, art, cycling, and beer that make their backyard so special.
We’ve seen it slowly creeping up for close to ten years now. No one is building housing to meet the demands of the area.
It does not get much cheaper than $300 for a two bedroom for a new build. Also, it is pretty amazing that you are able to so accurately predict not only what type of person will be buying in the neighborhood but also their reaction to the culture of the neighborhood. Additionally, it is unfortunate that you seem so opposed to people with a different culture moving in. So what if they are differnt than what is currently there. Change is not a bad thing. However, intolerance is.
I hope the amazing street art on that block continues to thrive after the project is complete!
Curious, just wondered why San Rafael, Curtis park projects are labeled “in Five Points” but RiNo is not. RiNo district is in Five-Points. Just wondered.
Michael,
The distinction between Curtis Park, River North, Five Points, San Rafael, and Ballpark (plus in some spots Globeville and even Prospect) gets very fuzzy. Most of the Registered Neighborhood Organization’s boundaries in this area overlap significantly and are different still from the city’s official Statistical Neighborhoods boundaries. Years ago when I set up DenverInfill, I had to draw the lines somewhere and decided to go with certain neighborhood names/boundaries that seemed logical to me at that time. This included calling the greater Curtis Park and Five Points area “Curtis Park-Five Points” and I’ve stuck with it ever since. I’m sorry if that upsets you. It’s just a label and no one is trying to diss San Rafael.
I’d never even heard of the San Rafael area until this project. Learn something new everyday.
Isn’t there supposed to be a pedestrian bridge spanning the tracks somewhere near this area? If so – that would really help link the RiNo neighborhoods – kind of like the bridge the connected LoHi with the Bottoms. Should be a good thing.
This development is decent, but there are still plenty more lots that can be ‘turned’ into something special. I’m hoping it becomes more prevalent.