Yesterday was the groundbreaking ceremony for 1601 Wewatta, the 10-story, 300,000-square foot office building with ground-floor retail planned for the corner of 16th and Wewatta.

1601 Wewatta is being developed by Hines and Jordon Perlmutter and Company, and will occupy the half block next to Cadence, the 13-story apartment tower currently under construction at 17th and Wewatta. 1601 Wewatta represents another major project to get underway in Downtown Denver’s booming Union Station district, where fourteen projects are currently under construction within a half-mile of the historic station.

Here’s what 1601 Wewatta will look like:

For additional renderings and project details, check out our original post on the project.

A backhoe is now on site and, hopefully, we’ll see excavation for the four levels of underground parking begin soon. 1601 Wewatta is scheduled for completion in May 2015.