This is a quick update to the recently announced Riverview at 1700 Platte project. Work has started on the development that will add a new 210,000 square foot office building to Lower Highland’s historic Platte Street. The existing structure located on the property—the former Empire Staple building—no longer exists. Here’s a shot from this afternoon:

Once the site is cleaned up, we’ll probably see excavation for the project’s two levels of underground parking begin soon thereafter.