Another surface parking lot is being eradicated in Downtown’s Arapahoe Square district; this time, thanks to the Salvation Army.

The Salvation Army’s Harbor Light Center project is a 30,000 square-foot expansion of the Salvation Army building next door at Broadway and Champa. The new facility at 21st and Champa will provide sorely needed room for housing men who are undergoing substance abuse treatment. For more information, please read this article (PDF) from the Denver Post. The project broke ground in May.

Here’s the project location on a GoogleEarth aerial:

The project architect is Denver-based Studio Completiva. Here are two renderings from the architect’s website:

Finally, here’s a street-level shot I took last weekend, showing that construction is now underway:

Another parking lot in Arapahoe Square bites the dust and, in the process, a vital community service is expanded. Good news all around!