Downtown Denver’s Four Seasons, in this photo from last weekend, was up to floor 44. It looks like today they are pouring the concrete for floor 45, the topmost floor. But don’t count that as a topping off yet! After floor 45 is finished, the Four Seasons has 117 more feet of building to go. Floor 45 sits approximately 524 feet above the street. On top of that is a crown of 42 feet and then a 75-foot spire, for a total height of approximately 641 feet above the ground, making it Denver’s fourth tallest building. (Denver’s third tallest, the Wells Fargo “cash register” building, tops off at 698 feet above grade.)
So what’s your prediction for the date the spire will be hoisted into place, officially topping the building off? My guess is September 5, my birthday.
Hmmmm…I'll say earlier. August 31st?
I'm really excited about when the sidewalks around the building are finished and the scaffolding is down. 14th is already a lot more lively than it was a few months ago.
If we're going by birthdays, then I'm hoping for September 9th.
Very Nice.
Too bad that two of the sides of the ground floor are not utilized for maximum pedestrian use.
The ground floor parking should have been either under or above ground.
Hooray! In just a few short months, Denver will actually have a new skyscraper that has a real impact on the skyline. In addition, it really balances out the skyline looking east.
@ Haggai Vardi: it's true it could have been better, but if they keep true to their promise of trees as seen in the design, it will still be pretty good. Row of trees add a lot to the pedestrian experience. Especially when they are located on an expensive property such as this. You can assume that the Four Seasons will keep them vagrant free.
My guess is it won't top out until year's end; they are secretly still going by the 50-floor design with a 715 foot height. Denver will have a new tallest soon!
I can dream can't I? 😉
I'm gonna be taking classes just across the street this fall!
I'd say the spire gets done a little before September, because I think I saw signs indicating that units would start to open in the fall. I don't know how long that takes but it seems to be at least a couple months after finishing construction that they get all the electrical work, plumbing, tile and wood flooring, interior paint and finally furniture in place.
That's honestly my favorite part of construction. Building the structure is like drawing the lines in a coloring book, and filling it up with people is like coloring it in, making it officially part of the city.
Now i'd like to see the 'Bell Tower' rising right next to it.
Does anyone have any news about the project?
Remember that the ground floor area that is currently a parking area is where a second tower is slated to go. The foundation is already in place so it is just a matter of time before another tower goes up on this site.
Haggai – The parking lot is the home of the 'future second tower' and Hines owns the lot fronting 15th street and intends to build sometime down the road. No worries.
My guess is that it will top off around August 10th if not earlier.
Auguest 12th
Wolf from Lakewood!
Just the fact that Denver is getting a building with a architectural spire is WONDERFUL. It will be amazing to have a building in our skyline that isn't a shoebox.
Additionally, I agree with an earlier poster that any news on the Bell tower would be welcome.
Sort of bittersweet. When this building tops out, Denver will have its first spire – marketing names notwithstanding – and the skyline will get some much needed variation. But, there doesn't appear to be much to keep an eye on after this one tops out. Hopefully it won't, but the 4 Seasons "tower 2" could very well go the way of Tabor 2 – 20 years and counting…
It will be interesting to see how their sales go. It sure is a new price point for downtown Denver. I've been hearing for about a year that they're "50% sold"; don't know how much BS is in that number.
SC48–make that 25 years and counting on Tabor II. Tabor Center and the first tower opened in 1984.
Ian Gold bought a $4 million penthouse at the top. He has since been released by the Broncos, so I'm not sure if he still has the income or desire to live in Denver to keep the purchase going.
Ian Gold purchased a unit in the building but it wasn't one of the penthouses. Those sold for 10 and 8 million respectively and the buyers were never identified. I remember reading something in the Post a while back that mentioned Ian still intends to buy the unit and said he loves Denver.
Anyone have news on 2020 Lawrence? Every page with news on them seems to not work. Niether does their own page nor any realtor info on them…
I have to say the Spire building turned out to look pretty sharp, better than I originally thought it would from the renderings. It is especially nice looking considering its lower price point than the other new condo towers around town.
Corey
I know other builders have claimed a certain % sold and the future has played out differently.
My father is an attorney in the firm representing Buzz Geller's management corporation and the Bell Tower is officially scrapped because of the down economy. The housing demand has dropped by over 77% in Downtown Denver since the 3rd quarter of last year and there is too great a surplus of housing so the Bell Tower is not going to be built. Instead, the plans are being revised to have a 5 floor low-rise of commercial space that will likely house a library/museum and the remaining parcel will be a park. There will be more news released about this in the next few weeks. Its too bad, I was also hoping to see the Bell Tower rise.
Conrad,
Seems odd considering Buzz was on here just a few of months go discussing the results of the review board. I mean have things gotten that much worse since March? If anything it looks like things are improving.
You need proof Conrad
@Conrad Smith:
Curious – does your father's firm want their client's information open to the public? Isn't that information privileged? Usually developers are very serious about keeping hopes of their project alive until the very day they formally announce that it has been cancelled.
Also, why would they be scrapping something that wouldn't be complete for at least 3 years during a recession that is unlikely to last more than 1 year longer?
Finally, what bearing does the "surplus in housing" have on this tower when Geller himself described it as being in a different league, the units millions of dollars more expensive than the highest-priced units in Denver right now, and with less than a couple dozen units in the entire tower? He said himself that most of the buyers would be from Asia and not part of the local market.
Geller was out promoting the tower just a few months ago, and the economy was no better earlier this year than it is now. I'm confused as to why this bomb would drop so suddenly when we were full-speed-ahead from 2 years ago till this Spring.
Hope you didn't just get your dad fired Conrad! Maybe you better post anonymously next time you spill client info.
As for that info, it seems pretty dubious. Not sure why they would scrap the plans and build a commercial property (and a park of all things). The commercial market is hurting too, and libraries and museums aren't exactly cash cows either. Financially it would seem the best thing is to let it continue to sit vacant and hope the market comes back enough to proceed with the original plan.
The Bell Tower design and approval process was very expensive, and I certainly wouldn't throw that money away just yet. Paradise Land Company seems content to sit on surface parking lots for many, many years, so why change strategy now.
Scott, Mandel, pizzuti, It's called Mumbo Jumbo That's why!
But I love the 4 seasons! Love it! Whatcha think of it?
I just read in the Post that Calatrava is on the design team for the DIA Fastrax station. I am thrilled that Denver will be adding another design by a world class architect. Also, the Four Seasons is positively contributing to its corner of the skyline much more than I imagined it would. It will look fantastic when it is completed.
Okay, fair enough, the tower does look great.
I think the top of it is going to look a just a little bit different from that rendering, since that image is older than a physical model I've seen photographed that was released later with some changes to it.
In the new version, the glass extends higher on the penthouse level, and the level covers more of the crown. It makes the crown a little less impressive but includes more glass, which I think is a fair trade.
While the vast majority of the tower is very consistent rendering to rendering, different images have shown the crown and spire changing the most, so I'm excited to see what it actually comes out looking like.
Anybody else notice that they haven't done a thing to the top 15-20 floors of the 4-seasons in over a month? Anybody have any idea why? Did the foreign investors' b-holes tighten a bit? I hate to see a 1/2 skeleton sitting there in or skyline!
What the hell are you talking about Ron? In a month????? They are working on the crown right now. Go look at skyscraperpage.com. You are crazy. They have been adding more to it every day.