Yes, this post’s title looks a lot like the previous post’s title. On basically the same day, two major Downtown Denver urban infill projects started closing down and barricading off their sites. First, it was the Four Seasons tower. Now we have the 1755 Blake project site that is also getting ready for construction.
1755 Blake is a 5-story, 125,000 SF office building planned for the corner of 18th and Blake on Block 021 in Lower Downtown. The existing ugly surface parking lot is now closed and covered pedestrian walkways and traffic barricades are starting to be installed along the streets and sidewalks. A small building on the site will also have to be demolished before site excavation can begin.
Between the Four Seasons and 1755 Blake projects, about a full city block of surface parking lots has just met its fate today in Downtown Denver!
I rode my bike past there today and knew that I would be able to get the skinny on this site. You're like "white on rice" Ken.. thanks for the updates!
Such awesome news. By the way what I've been noticing is that things start happening once you see tons of spray painted marks in the street! Such as Spire, Teatro and 1LP. If you all havent had a chance yet, take a little walk over by Tabor 2. Cuz there are tons of marks in the street there too! (Got my fingers crossed!)
Thank God! This block needed serious help. Now if they would just get moving one block down at 1800 Market this area of downtown would really start coming alive. No project in LODO is more important than 1800 Market. That area is absolutely dead most of the time.
The surveyors were out last week at Tabor 2…My guess is that construction is not far off.
The building has been demolished!