A new medical office building, 17th Avenue Pavilion, is proposed for the corner of Lafayette and E. 17th Avenue in Denver’s Uptown district.
The proposed 90,000 SF building is being developed by Fleisher Smyth Brokaw and would replace an existing three-story medical office building and a surface parking lot at the corner. The project is proposed for eight stories with a parking garage incorporated into the structure. The ground-floor could accommodate either retail or storefront medical. The block is roughly triangular in shape, with the southwest corner of the site cut off by Park Avenue. Here’s the site in question from Bing Maps, looking south:
Here’s the site plan. All the following images are courtesy of Fleisher Smyth Brokaw and the project architect, Mulhern Group.
Here are renderings of the project and building elevations and cross-section:
For more information, visit the project website at: http://17thavenuepavillion.com/index.php
This should be a nice addition to Uptown!
When is it expected to break ground?
Looks great, much better than the sad building that’s there now. It’s a shame three entire floors have to be dedicated to parking though. It’s not like this is a transit(or bike, or pedestrian)-unfriendly area.
John, this is a medical office building, my friend. In other words, many people who go in and out of this building every day will not necessarily be healthy. In other words, they may not be ABLE to walk or bike!
Sure, the employees probably could, but not the patients!
Normally I would agree with you but it’s a medical building which will increase the likelihood of people with mobility problems visiting.
Not just handicapped that can take access a ride but people with broken/sprained ankles etc.
Somehow did not see AaronR’s Comment when I posted. Odd that two people with the same first name would post the same type of comment around the same time.
Very sharp looking building!
Often, a building that consists of parking on the first so many floors, will have some ugly first so many floors. But I think they did a good job with this one. I like it.
As for John’s comment about how this might affect a bike/pedestrian friendly area, I’ll always rather see 100 parking spaces underground or indoors than even 10 spaces of surface parking. More parking packed into this building = less demand for surface parking throughout the neighborhood = a more pedestrian friendly neighborhood in the long run.
My name is Aaron. I like to drive and park in a parking lot.
That’s my current doctor’s office! I wonder if they will move. I have been meaning to find a new doctor anyway. And yes, I always walk and take mass transit there. It’s convenient location made me choose it in the first place.