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Upcoming ULI-Colorado Event: TOD Marketplace November 17

Posted by  on November 10, 2011

Colorado’s first national conference on Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) is being presented by ULI-Colorado on November 17, 2011.

The ULI-Colorado TOD Marketplace is a full-day conference of national and local speakers, workshops and a Great Sites Trading Floor that will be held at the Embassy Suites in downtown Denver (14th & Stout) on November 17, 2011, from 7:30 am – 6 pm.

The TOD Marketplace breaks into four program sections:

  • National speakers including Emerick Corsi of Forest City Enterprises and Steven Goldin of Washington Metro, the two most successful and prolific TOD developers in the U.S.
  • Panels featuring national and local experts on innovative finance, parking, redevelopment, housing, and public-private partnerships,
  • Workshops on key sites including Lakewood Federal Center and Five Points
  • A Great Sites Trading Floor where 30 developers present data and opportunities on the region’s best development sites within a half-mile of transit.

Title sponsors are RTD, Forest City Enterprises, and Snell & Wilmer. Other major sponsors include AECOM, Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG), Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation, (EDC), Xcel, G.K. Baum, Denver Urban Renewal Authority (DURA), Arvada Urban Renewal Authority (AURA), Beck, Urban Land Conservancy, Medici, IBI Group, Saunders Construction, First Bank, PCL, and the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA).

Registration is open to members and non-members. For a lot more detail on the conference and registration information, please visit the event’s page at the ULI website here.

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No Union Station Tour This Saturday, November 5

Posted by  on November 4, 2011

Due to Saturday morning’s chilly forecast, there will be no Denver Union Station walking tour on Saturday, November 5. Our next tour is scheduled for the third Saturday of the month, November 19. Check this blog for a confirmation of a Union Station project walking tour a day or two before the Saturday in question.

Have a great weekend!

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Union Station Reuse Presentations: Thursday, November 3

Posted by  on November 2, 2011

The two teams competing for the right to redevelop Denver’s historic Union Station (as part of the larger Union Station Transit District project) will be making their presentations to the public this Thursday, November 3, 2011, at the Colorado Convention Center starting at 6:00 PM.

The two teams’ general reuse concepts were revealed this spring, and we covered them over at DenverUrbanism. First, here’s an introduction post on the process RTD created for selecting the winning development team. Then, here are two posts about the concepts themselves: this one about the Union Station Neighborhood Company’s proposal and this one about the Union Station Alliance’s proposal.

Since then, both teams have fully refined their reuse concepts, submitted formal proposals to RTD, and have been interviewed by RTD’s selection committee. Before RTD makes their final selection later in November, the public is being given the chance to hear presentations from both teams on their formal proposals and provide feedback to RTD on what you like or don’t like about both.

Here’s a blurb on the event from RTD’s press release:

The two and a half-hour event will be held in the Colorado Convention Center, Rooms 201 and 203, 700 14th Street (at California) in downtown Denver and begin at 6 p.m. Each team will have 30 minutes to present the details of its proposal with a 30-minute question/answer session with the public following each presentation. The first presentation by Union Station Neighborhood Company starts at 6:15 p.m., and the second presentation by Union Station Alliance will begin at 7:25 p.m.

For the full press release, please click here.

This is an exciting moment in the larger Union Station project. The rehabilitation of the historic structure and the various activities that will be taking place within it will contribute significantly to the overall success of the project and, in particular, the activation of Wynkoop Plaza along the Downtown side of the station. This is a major public presentation on Downtown’s biggest civic project—I hope you’ll be there!

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Denver Police Crime Lab Update #2

Posted by  on October 16, 2011

Back in August, Ryan posted a construction update on the new Denver Police Department’s Crime Lab building in the Civic Center district. DPD’s new crime laboratory is being funded by the 2007 Better Denver Bond Program, heading towards its final year in 2012. For details on the Crime Lab project along W. 14th Avenue between Cherokee and Delaware, check out this post from DenverUrbanism and the project’s webpage at DenverGov.org.

Here are two photos of the project from this weekend. The photo on the left shows the Cherokee corner, and on the right the Delaware corner:

 

Along with the Denver Justice Center’s three buildings nearby, the Denver Crime Lab will continue the development of an urban street wall and better pedestrian environment on this stretch of W. 14th Avenue where mostly parking lots once dominated.

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