If you have been around the Colorado Convention Center lately, you have probably noticed that two tower cranes have gone up on the edge of the parking garage along Champa Street. These two tower cranes are for the Colorado Convention Center Expansion Project, which has officially started construction.

The project consists of “raising the roof” on the top floor of the parking deck, providing an additional 80,000 square feet of meeting space and an outdoor terrace looking to the west. The rooftop expansion will seamlessly integrate with the rest of the Convention Center, allowing visitors to access the other halls and the Bellco Theater easily. Below are two renderings of the expansion. Hensel Phelps is behind the design and construction of the project.

The screening on the parking garage, around the construction area, has been removed, with work beginning on the roof deck. According to the plans, a crawler crane will be installed on the roof deck in about a month which will assist the two tower cranes. Here are a few ground-level photos.

Wrapping up, here is a panorama of the project with the Denver skyline in the background.

Completion of the Colorado Convention Center Expansion Project is projected for late 2023. If you are curious about more details, head on over to the DenverGov site for additional information and presentations on the project.