Finishing up our update rounds in Cherry Creek, let’s visit Coda, a 12-story, 185-unit apartment project. Developed by Zocalo Developement, the same developers as Solera, 2020 Lawrence, and Cadence, Coda is now complete and sits at a prominent location in the Cherry Creek neighborhood.
DenverInfill visited Coda a few times during its construction process. Visit the link below to see all of our coverage.
Let’s start with the ground level, the most important part of any urban development. Coda features a very inviting entrance and ample patio space for a future retail tenant.
As we mentioned in the introduction, Coda rises 12-stories, the same as its neighbor the Steele Creek Apartments. These two projects extend the density from the eastern portion of Cherry Creek, and make a significant impact along East 1st Avenue and Steele Street. Here are the two buildings looking north.
Backing up from the ground level, here are two photos of Coda looking east from around East 1st Avenue and Saint Paul. The building has a prominent glass wall that juts out from the rest of the project giving it a unique shape.
The rest of the project’s facade is light and dark paneling with wood and glass mixed in. Below are two views from the alley side of Coda.
Walking around the rest of the project, here is Coda from the alley and down Steele Street looking south.
Cherry Creek is becoming an incredible dense, urban pocket in the heart of Denver with more large projects on the way. Welcome to Cherry Creek, Coda!
I think the angled section of the west elevation of this building looks like an added on gimmick and the “bulk” (not the height) of this building is a little too big for Cherry Creek North. Others can disagree. My bigger problem with the building, and it doesn’t show in the photos, is the material that covers the majority of its exterior. In person, in sunlight, you can see the imperfections in the material and it looks cheap, cheap, cheap. The east and north elevations are particularly dominated by this beige and dark brown fiber board or whatever it is. It’s not going to age well. It doesn’t speak to the quality the one expects in Cherry Creek. The Steele Creek Apartment building across First Avenue in contrast is a quality building with attractive massing, quality materials, good detailing. etc.
I really like this development and unlike the poster above, prefer this building to Steele Creek! This surprised me, because from drawings alone I really didn’t like this one all that much. But it turned out great. With the new condos now under construction across the street and a block away, density is the word for Cherry Creek!
Now if only we could do something about public transit from Downtown to Cherry Creek . . .