250 Columbine Final Update, Part 1

Let’s wrap up some projects in Cherry Creek that finished over the summer / early Fall. Back in 2013, the Cherry Creek North neighborhood started booming, along with the rest of Downtown Denver, adding a good supply of hotel, office and residential units.

250 Columbine, a mixed-use office and condo project, was one of the first projects to go up in the Cherry Creek boom. While the condo portion of the project is still under construction, the 8-story, 70,000 square foot office building is complete, hence why this is part one of the final update. Here are all of our previous updates on the project:

New Cherry Creek Project: 250 Columbine

Cherry Creek: 250 Columbine Update #1

Cherry Creek: 250 Columbine Update #2

Cherry Creek: 250 Columbine Update #3

Cherry Creek: 250 Columbine Update #4

So why is an 8-story building in Cherry Creek important when there is so much going on Downtown? Cherry Creek has always been Denver’s second largest urban district where true urban form is still practiced, unlike suburban office complexes such as Interlocken and the Denver Tech Center. Personally, I see Cherry Creek as Denver’s second Downtown; both unique enough to not take away interest from each other.

Now for the photos! First, let’s look at a before picture of the site before this project started.

As you can see, 250 Columbine adds a significant amount of density to this block, compared to what was there before.

It also adds quite a bit to the already established Cherry Creek mid-rise skyline.

The street level, on the corner of 2nd Avenue and Columbine Street, is very inviting with ample seating and open space for pedestrians. In addition to a nice street presence, two restaurants, Blue Island Seafood & Oyster Bar and SOL Mexican Cocina, have opened up on the ground floor.

In part two, we will cover the condo portion of this project. Here is a glimpse of the progress from a couple of weeks ago.

Stay tuned!