Joel Warner over at the Westword blog has a Q&A with developer Buzz Geller about his proposed 34-story Bell Tower in Downtown Denver, which I’ve reported on several times here at DenverInfill. Check it out—it’s quite interesting!
Westword Interviews Geller on Bell Tower
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Great Q&A!
Buzz Geller says it all right – thank goodness for his determination and vision. Oh, this this blog to encouraging him to fight on!
– holygrail
Thanks for pointing us to that Q&A! Thankfully there is a developer like Buzz in this city who's saying what needs to be said. It's all well and good that all us bloggers say this, but it's the developers that need to fight the good fight.
The city should heed Geller's proposal about lobbying for development. Otherwise, they shoot themselves in the foot by making it too difficult for new projects. I couldn't agree more with his statement:
To start with, there should be a distinct government agency that makes a concerted effort to bring development to the downtown area. Every property owner sitting on raw land should be approached and encouraged to develop it. And they should be bringing to them city improvements like a grocery store with living units above it. People say the Downtown Denver Partnership does stuff like that. No, they don't. I'm a member of the Downtown Denver Partnership and that kind of aggressiveness doesn't exist. The city hires lobbyist all the time — why not lobby for this? And make exceptions to the rules when they are needed.
Hick, is way over rated. He needs to get off his butt and make some serious changes in the Webb Building. Buzz hasn't even had to deal with the Building Dept yet. When Hick was first elected the AIA sent him a letter on reccomended changes for the permitting process in Denver. Little if anything has changed. The city is getting worse all the time, and they couldn't care less.
Good luck tomorrow Buzz we are all rooting for you!!!
GO DENVER!
"We need 15,000 to 20,000 people living in our downtown area to make it a 24/7 city."
So we will have 35 rich Asian and South American families flying into denver a couple times a year. With this space we could have 200 reasonably sized (and priced) units that could add to a real community.
Before you go on to the number one Kenneth. Let me say that having more blockbuster movies filmed in Denver is a must.
So how did the meeting go?????