Resolute Investments, Inc. is planning a new office project, Wewatta Plaza, for Downtown Denver’s Central Platte Valley. The project is proposed for the corner of Wewatta and 18th Street in the heart of the Union Commons portion of the CPV behind Denver’s historic Union Station. Wewatta Plaza will feature 180,000 square feet of for-sale office condominiums, 346 parking spaces on four levels, and approximately 20,000 square feet of ground-floor lobby and retail space.
The building’s site is a triangular 49,130-square foot parcel that covers approximately the middle one-third of the block bounded by Wewatta, 18th, Chestnut, and 19th. To the northwest of the Wewatta Plaza site is a vacant parcel along Chestnut that can accommodate a future residential tower up to 140 feet in height. To the east of the Wewatta Plaza site is another triangular parcel that is owned by Public Service Company (Xcel Energy) and is currently occupied by a small industrial building at the corner of 19th and Wewatta. Here’s the site plan showing the Wewatta Plaza location along with existing and future projects in the area:
The Wewatta Plaza project consists of a proposed 8-story rectangular wing fronting along 18th Street and an 11-story triangle-shaped wing located in the center of the block. A landscaped pedestrian plaza is featured right at the corner of 18th and Wewatta. Here are two renderings of the proposed building, as viewed from the opposite side of the 18th and Wewatta intersection:
For a different view, here are three perspectives showing the existing conditions (left), the project with the Union Station Master Plan buildings (center), and the project with both the Union Station and all other private development nearby (right):
Groundbreaking for Wewatta Plaza is planned for Spring 2008, with the estimated completion set for Summer 2009. Here’s the entire project schedule, along with a typical floorplate diagram:
For more information, check out the project website: www.WewattaPlaza.com. Many thanks to the developer, Resolute Investments, Inc., for all of the images. The project architect is Newman Cavender & Doane.
