Formally know as the ‘Residences at the Gardens’, The Amaranth is now complete. As a refresher, this is a 7-story 156-unit apartment building at the intersection of 11th and Gaylord. Here is the coverage we had on DenverInfill for this project. It’s always neat to see the progress that has been made over the past 24 months!
New Cheesman Park Neighborhood Project: Residences at the Gardens
Cheesman Park: Residences at the Gardens Update #1
Cheesman Park: Residences at the Gardens Update #2
Now for a final look of The Amaranth. The Cheesman Park neighborhood has an interesting mix of density; from single family homes to towers rising over 20-stories. The Amaranth is right in the middle of the two, setting a great example of how density should be built in the central neighborhoods. The building rises four-stories with a three story setback making this project blend in very well with its surrounding density. Here are some overall and street level shots of the completed project.
Thanks to Mike Gerber of MGL Partners and Melanie of Greystar, we were able to get an inside look! The lobby features a large and open community space along with the leasing office.
The finishes in the apartments are very similar to what we have seen in other recently completed projects: high ceilings, hardwood floors, high end appliances, and very functional floorplans.
We, here at DenverInfill, always like a good rooftop view. Luckily, The Amaranth features a 7th floor amenity deck that looks over the Botanic Gardens. Here are a few pictures of the rooftop deck.
The Amaranth is now open with residents already moving in. For more details and leasing information, head on over to their website.
Damn Ryan, did they buy your photos? Your photo work has seriously become professional grade!
That’s a nice looking building and I second the nice photo work.
What a beautiful classy building.
It’s too bad this building has no ground floor retail. It is physically set back from the street with walls erected between the sidewalk and the residence. While I’m glad it’s here, it adds nothing to the streetscape.
I agree with the sentiment, but this would be a weird place for ground floor retail — there’s just not enough traffic. Even nearby restaurants (like Shells & Sauce on 12th Avenue & Elizabeth) seem barely sustainable, and are in much more prominent locations. It would be great to have more restaurant/retail space in this neighborhood, but I suspect that it would do much better were it clustered near other establishments along 12th/13th/14th/Colfax rather than in this building.
Ground floor retail doesn’t need to be a part of every building especially when considering the location of the building. It is not on a street with other Main Street retail. Instead this is an attractive building that fits within the neighborhood and provides additional density to it.
I went by there the other day and I get the feeling that retail along this street with be a non-starter. There is no real critical people mass passing through here. It’s a fairly short, quiet, and laid back street that goes pretty much nowhere.
In this case I thought the ground level residential access to the townhomes with front porches worked well and adds a lot to the nature of this particular street which is purely residential (I assume they are townhomes).
Overall the building is pretty sharp and think it is a great addition to the neighborhood. I don’t care for the stucco/EFIS upper floors but not so much that it would be a fatal flaw.