For our next leg of ‘Cherry Creek week’, we are going to visit the Steele Creek Apartments, going up on the intersection of 1st Avenue and Steele Street. Since our last update, this project has really started to shape up.
The 12-story, 250-unit apartment building makes quite the statement on the east side of the Cherry Creek neighborhood, with a brilliant glass and brick facade. One concern from our last update was how the base was going to be treated. Let’s take a look at some before and after photos.
As you can see, this is a great improvement!
Here are some additional photos around the project. One easily forgotten element of the Steele Creek Apartments is the 8-story portion that goes along 1st Avenue. This adds some great density along a street that is lined with parking lots.
The Steele Creek apartments are another huge win for the Cherry Creek neighborhood!
Fifty more of these, please.
So fake windows is the answer. Can you get in touch with the folks doing the Hyatt Place/Hyatt House?
The answer is to stop driving your car everywhere, so every developer isn’t compelled to include a massive parking garage on every project to meet demand. Until then, I’ll take the stupid windows.
Bravo! Beautifully done! The texture of the architecture and use of light colors all work well to give a contemporary and refined feel to this one. Now, if CC can add some height and transit, things get really interesting.
I’m usually against fake architectural features (fake shutters, fake roof peaks, etc) but I like those windows. Discerning eyes will pick them out, but in general it should feel a lot more friendly to people walking on the street.
Oh boy, another earth toned boring rectangle. More please!