Our last update of Shea Properties’ nine-story 999 17th Street office development was back in December when construction had just gotten started; although in February, Ryan did give us a quick look at the project’s red tower crane from a block away. Today, we’ve got a bunch of new photos showing that not only is the building’s steel skeleton about halfway up, but that we can also see evidence of the angled beams that will support the structure’s distinctive folded glass curtain wall on its 17th Street facade, which inspired the building’s new name: Prism. Adjacent to Prism is the recently completed first phase of the project, The Quincy, a 28-story apartment tower.
First up, we’ve got the view from across Curtis Street:
From across the intersection at 17th and Curtis:
Along 17th Street, Prism’s sharp angled glass facade will sit next to the smooth rounded limestone corners and Moderne stylings of the 1938 Railway Exchange Building, now the Hotel Monaco:
From across 17th Street:
Finally, looking toward Lower Downtown from 17th and Champa:
What an exciting addition to 17th Street! Prism is scheduled for completion by January 2019.
Thank you for the photos and the updates. The building is definitely going to be an exciting addition to our neighborhood.
Is there any word on who is moving in to the offices?
They haven’t announced any tenants yet, that I know of.
The apartment tower is (as I and others have already complained about in the past) rather cheep-looking and utilitarian, but I have to say, now that it’s complete, when I see it in person, it’s not nearly as disappointing as I expected it to be back when it was still under construction. It’s an okay, run-of-the-mill filler building that feels like it belongs there. I’m glad it’s there. (And I like the pool that’s visible from the street.)
Also, those angled beams on the office tower look like a hilarious mistake! I guess I’m not used to seeing anything other than rectangles under construction.
I agree that the negative comments during construction of the apartment tower may have been a bit premature.
There were similar angled beams on the upper stories of 1144 15th Street.
SHAME that it’s not a 30 story office tower that like the ones on 17th Street
The Hotel Monaco/TItle Building is Denver’s only downtown-adjacent structure in the Streamline Moderne style. I’m happy that a similarly architecturally distinctive building with a relatively low profile is going in next door: save the 30-story office towers for vacant parking lets adjacent to other 30-story office towers.