A nearly 3-acre property between Brighton Boulevard and Arkins Court in Denver’s hot RiNo district is the site of a proposed mixed-use, pedestrian-oriented development called DriveTrain. Named in honor of former occupant Drive Train Industries and in a nod to River North’s industrial heritage, DriveTrain will include four buildings totaling over 350,000 square feet of space. To be developed by Tom and Brooke Gordon, the DriveTrain parcel is outlined on the Google Earth aerial below:

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(As discussed in our previous post, an adjacent parcel across 33rd Street will accommodate another component of Tom and Brooke Gordon’s vision for this area: River Row Homes at DriveTrain.)

The designer of the DriveTrain site and the project’s four buildings is RiNo-based OZ Architecture. Thanks to the good people over at OZ, we are pleased to present the DriveTrain site plan and architectural rendering below, as well as additional details about the DriveTrain concept and program:

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Overall, DriveTrain will include:

  • Approximately 220 residential units spread across three of the four buildings, offering a mix of for-sale condominiums ranging in size from big penthouses to micro-units, as well as affordable rental units targeted to artists that feature studio space on the lower level with living space above.
  • A 120-room boutique hotel
  • Incubator office space designed for creative companies seeking a collaborative working environment
  • Restaurant and retail spaces on the ground floors of all four buildings
  • A central landscaped courtyard for outdoor amenities and restaurant patio seating

DriveTrain’s site contains four internal parcels, as shown on the site plan above:

  • Parcel B: Condominiums in a 65,000 square foot, 6-story building overlooking Arkins Court and the South Platte River
  • Parcel C: A mix of uses in the development’s largest building at around 135,000 square feet in a 6-story structure facing 32nd Street
  • Parcel D: The boutique hotel in a 9-story, 100,000 square foot building facing Brighton Boulevard
  • Parcel E: The artist’s units in an 8-story building containing around 80,000 square feet overlooking 33rd Street

The view from 33rd and Arkins Court looking south toward Downtown Denver:

Parking at DriveTrain will be located underground and will be available to not only tenants and residents of DriveTrain, but to the general public as well, providing access to the new River North Park and the neighborhood’s other amenities. DriveTrain will also be a 10-minute walk from the 38th and Blake station on the A Line.

Groundbreaking for DriveTrain is expected to occur in early 2017 with the project’s four buildings completed and open by late 2018.