One and a half months ago, we observed a new tower crane going up at the 999 17th Street site in the heart of Downtown Denver. Now, construction is in full swing with a second tower crane up and foundation rapidly going in.
Before we get to the pictures, let’s clarify something about the name of this project. You may have seen it referred to as 1776 Curtis Street elsewhere, which is, in fact, the address of the 28-story apartment tower. However, both the city, and Shea Properties refer to it as 999 17th Street. Because both the office and residential component are finishing at the same time, and to remain consistent with official sources, we will refer to this project as 999 17th Street until its completion.
Now on to the photos. Many years have passed since we have seen any tower crane activity in this part of Downtown Denver. Seeing two red tower cranes here is a refreshing sight!
Looking in on the project site, we can see that foundation work is underway along with ramps for the parking garage, which will be shared between the office and residential buildings.
Looking at the site from slightly higher vantage point, it’s very clear that 999 17th Street is filling in a huge void in the densest part of Downtown Denver.
Here is a closer view of the parking ramps and one of the cores that will service the parking garage. The garage will rise a total of six-stories.
What an exciting project to watch go up in Central Downtown!
Great to see the progress on this already! I tried looking, but didn’t find any updated renderings/information on this project. Do you know if the details changed from your initial 2014 posting? I’d love to see what this project will end up looking like.
Ty,
We’ve had some trouble tracking down official renderings but we do know it’ll be very similar to the 2014 renderings. As far as I know, it’ll just have minor tweaks from what you’ve seen.
So this project will have no underground parking? I understand but hate the trend of aboveground parking structures.