A new project is coming to Downtown Denver’s Uptown district. Cherokee Denver and Trammell Crow Residential are moving forward with “Alexan Park Avenue,” the first phase of the redevelopment of the Children’s Hospital former site.

The project will consist of 325 rental apartments, structured parking, and 10,000 SF of ground-floor retail on the two blocks on both sides of E. 19th Avenue between Ogden and Emerson. The 3.64-acre site was zoned “H-2” (hospital) until this past week’s City Council meeting, at which Council approved a rezoning of the site to “R-4X.”

Here’s an aerial photo showing the project’s location on the two blocks:

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All of the structures inside the site boundary will be razed. In fact, demolition is already underway on some of the structures on the northern block. Demolition of the small building on the southern block is planned for March. The two small triangles on the southern block excluded from the development are owned by the City and County of Denver and are designated as Park Avenue green space. As part of the development agreement, the developer will install an underground irrigation system on the two triangular plots, landscape them, and maintain them on behalf of the city.

The development program for the site includes several buildings ranging from 3 to 5 stories in height. The proposed architectural design of the project will complement the historic buildings of the adjacent San Rafael Historic District. The project’s retail component will face E. 19th Avenue to extend the existing neighborhood-scale retail found along E. 19th Avenue to the west in the Uptown Square project.

Construction should get underway later in 2008.