Recently, the $1.2 million sales center for the 51-story 1401 Lawrence condo tower on Downtown Denver’s Block 070 opened. The sales center, which sits at the corner of 14th and Lawrence where the tower will be built, features a fully furnished 2,500 SF model residential unit, a video screen with floorplans and views from every unit, and one very cool model of the high rise. All of this will stay in place until December 2008, when the sales center will be removed and construction will begin on the tower. For some background information, here’s the press release about the sales center opening.And now, some photos of the model:

  

The tower is essentially all glass. Even the base, which holds the structured parking, will be clad with iridescent glass panels. The 1401 Lawrence tower will have a dramatic impact on Denver’s skyline and will greatly contribute to the densification of Downtown.

Many thanks to Tracy Aiello of JohnstonWells Public Relations and Gary Switzer of Great Gulf Group for the excellent tour and the chance to photograph the model.