There have been many questions in the Lower Highland neighborhood about what is going to happen to the old Pagliacci site over on West 33rd Avenue and Navajo Street. Fortunately, we have all the details and a rendering of the building that will stand on the old Pagliacci site! First let’s start out with a map of the site.
Plans have been finalized by a local firm, TreeHouse Brokerage & Development, to build a 61-unit boutique-style rental building that will rise 5-stories. The building, designed by Tres Birds Workshop, will feature a curved facade with a decorative patterned screen along with rooftop plants. The old Pagliacci signs have been saved from the old building and will be incorporated in this project. Here is a high-resolution rendering of the building. Make sure you click to embiggen!
The old building has since been demolished and a fence wraps around the site. Construction is expected to commence late this summer.
Lumina will contain a mix of studio, one and two bedroom units for rent. Construction is expected to be complete Fall 2014 with pre-leasing beginning Summer 2014.
And that style meshes with what in the neighborhood, exactly?
I’m not opposed to the greenery but that metal grating seems terribly out of place
Adam, not to seem flip, but have you seen what’s in that immediate neighborhood? Many of the homes on the blocks surrounding this building will probably be gone in the years ahead. Developers have been buying up lots left and right and bulldozing the small scale brick homes and bungalows like gangbusters to build ultra modern and contemporary structures. I really don’t think there’s anything wrong with the metal screening.
I’m going to say that I am not completely attracted to the final result as it seems to want to live in a desert city of some sort. I can’t help but look at it and think Hanging Gardens of Babylon. However, I’m very excited to see somebody stepping into a realm of design which seems to be pushing new and innovative material usage. The screening looks very progressive to me for Denver and I would love to see this style any day before the cheap paneling we are used to. I’m in!
This building is actually extremely cool! The metal screens remind me of Mexican paper cut-out work. I hope the Pagliacci’s neon clown sign was saved and will be installed somewhere eventually. I hate seeing neon signs lost forever.
Tired of “boutique.” Can’t afford “boutique.” And in this rental market, where “run of the mill” is often barely affordable, who can?
How about just some nice, slightly different apartments near downtown for NORMAL PEOPLE. People that can’t afford more than $1200 / month for a one bedroom?
Frankly this project looks unlikely to live up to expectations as they fail to maintain the greenery and it becomes an expensive (and out of place) blight on a classic neighborhood. No wonder Highland residents are getting so irritable about new builds lately. None of them take in to account the history of their “place.”
Yuk. It looks like a motel along E Colfax. Yet since the site is along I25 it was probably a steal for the developer.
I think this building looks great, and it is in fact cool to see some contemporary architecture on a bigger scale than some of the single family homes. Since Lohi is an eclectic blend of historic with contemporary, I think it will fit right in, and since it is so low by the interstate, most residents won’t even know it’s there.
The rental and for sale market is simple supply and demand. There are rentals for 1200/month around but they are hard to find. You certainly won’t find them in these new builds. Have you considered Curtis Park, Lincoln Park, Capital Hill, Cheesman Park, even Prospect Park?
To call this a blight on a “classic” neighborhood is absurd and ridiculous. Do you even live here? Let’s not confuse Lohi with No Highrises. People are moving here in droves for the urban lifestyle. Most of the new larger developments seem to be going up on vacant or decrepit lots, or lots with shoddy homes with no historical value. I love the density and the amenities that go along. So do all my neighbors for that matter. Not everyone is irritable. If people are that upset they can move and make a killing off their (now) more valuable real estate.
As long as they use masonry and not stucco on the ground floor, then I am okay with it. I do like that the architects are experimenting with design, which has not been often seen lately. However, I do wonder why this building, and a lot of the new for sale row houses, consider ‘original design’ to mean the use of brightly colored materials that seem more at home in Florida than it does in Denver.
YUCK!!! SOOO tired of Modern, sleek, to me it is uniform, and all looks alike, boring and mostly cheap… I live in Curtis Park now. Beautiful, historic homes were torn down to make way for supposed “Modern, Upscale” town-homes. years later you can see the shabby construction, rusty cracked concrete walls dripping with rust. LUCKILY, this area was designated historic and any new development has to “fit in” with the current architecture. I am of Italian decent, and most of my family lived in that very neighborhood. None of its history has been saved, celebrated. just demolish and build for the $.. really sad to me…
wow, don’t freak out! this is so much better than what used to be on the site…an average italian restaurant and two very modest, one-story SFH….i live across the street and am thrilled this is going in! the design is cool and will bring many more people to the hood to support (on foot) our many bars and restaurants. also, i hear then metal panels will be adjustable / slide based on what the people inside want for sun coverage…very cool as the building will be ever-changing.
Like most things, it’s going to come down to the quality of materials and craftsmanship. It could be really cool, like a slice of Machu Picchu, or really cheap looking. I fear for the latter since they’re rentals (even if they are “boutique”), but will hold out hope for the former.
You can also see in Curtis Park old historic homes here and there that look on the verge of collapsing due to lack of maintenance. Any building that is poorly maintained is going to look bad regardless the materials. And as a matter fact there have been few “modern ” homes built in Curtis Park over the years. The area is remarkably intact as far as its old house inventory goes. The vast majority of the homes that were torn down in that area were torn down for the housing projects and parking lots.
Yeah I don’t think this one will turn out well. All that greenery won’t stay that way in our climate, and the lattice screen is a 1960’s look that has no place in modern design. I’ll withhold judgement until it’s built.
Sorry – different project and may have missed it, but any news on what is happening at 6th and Speer? The gas station canopy is being demo’d today and maybe (?) the whole building.
Wow is this design ugly. I can’t place it – 1958 or 1962?
This reminds me of many apartment buildings on the West Coast.
Do they have a rendering of the view of this building from I-25? The parking seems to be on the highway side, so the garage is what the majority of people will see as they drive by. If they incorporate the metal and foliage into all sides, it could be nice. If they don’t it could be an eyesore for decades to come. Time will tell.
I personally don’t love the design but I happy to see some architecture that dares to be a little different than the norm lately. For the simple fact that they used a little creativity and actually incorporate some landscaping I am all for this project.
This project is interesting because it is different
from everything else in the Highlands. Building looks like something
transplanted out of Miami . Personally I don’t like or dislike, I hope Builder
is not set on beige and invest on another color.
I like this. Lots.