There’s more good news for Z Block, the office/hotel project slated for Wazee Street between 18th and 19th Street.
In our Update #1, we reported on how the development was reconfigured to include a hotel component and we presented several new renderings. Today, we’ve got two more exciting things to share with you about Z Block, but first, here’s a reminder of how nicely this development by McWhinney, Sage Hospitality, and Grand American fits in with its historic neighbors (image courtesy of Shears Adkins Rockmore):
The big news is that Z Block has scored an anchor tenant for the project: Prologis will be moving is Operational Headquarters from northeast Denver to Z Block, taking the top two floors of the office portion. Prologis is a global leader in industrial development and the company’s decision to move to LoDo is another huge win for Downtown Denver. There have been a number of high-profile corporate relocations to Downtown announced recently (like Liberty Global’s HQ move from Douglas County to the Triangle Building); let’s hope this trend continues!
With all the positive momentum this project has, it’s not surprising to see that the site is being readied for construction. This photo from today shows the small 1930s-era building on the property being removed; it’s a non-contributing structure to the LoDo historic district.
Even better, how about this photo showing that we officially have one fewer surface parking lots in Downtown Denver!
Finally, how about an extra-big, whole-block panorama bonus photo:
Z Block should be completed by late 2016.
Has the rooftop usage been detailed yet?
Wouldn’t a rooftop garden be a great addition?
I’s still disgusted that they tore down that 1930’s building. It may not be contributing to the “historic district” but its now contributing to a landfill. Not very environmentally friendly. Especially because it was a completely functional building. And an 80 year old building is still very old. The disappearance of an awful parking lot is well worth it, but was tearing down an old building for a few extra square feet really worth losing the charm of an old building in order to construct another modern and boring building? I would argue no.
Tyler, I agree. These small buildings, when developed, end up being used by small businesses, making a city more interesting in detail.
I’ll simply say I disagree with these two comments.
I’ll continue to say that when I read the first two lines of Tyler’s response I thought it was a joke.
The building being constructed, assuming the build out resembles the construction, is anything but a boring building. Have to have new construction in order to create new 80 year buildings. : )
I work by this development so I’ll be interested to see what kind of retail/restaurants go in at the ground level. What brand is the hotel portion at 19th & Wazee?
I am looking forward to seeing this project realized. More offices/hotels closer to 20th show how downtown is expanding. This building will bring livelyhood to Wazee which currently is a very boring street between 18th and 20th St for pedestrians. This week they already demolished 1 of the small 1 story buildings on Blake