The soon-to-be tallest building in Denargo Market is now under construction. Back in May, various sites in Denargo Market, including the one at 2600 Wewatta Way, were rezoned by the city to allow for taller residential buildings. As soon as the rezoning was approved, Cypress Real Estate pulled the trigger and started the development of Denargo Market Phase 4, a 16-story project that is over double the height of anything in the area. When complete, this project will add 336 apartment homes, costing a total of $88.7 million. 417 parking spaces are included in the development with an under and above-ground garage.
A luffing jib tower crane was recently erected on-site, with excavation and shoring currently underway. Here are a few photos of the project site.
Since we love tower cranes here on DenverInfill, below are a few photos of the new luffing jib crane and its contribution to the River North crane cluster. There are now eight tower cranes in River North, as seen in the last photo.
Finally, here is a rendering of the project pulled from the construction permit. Gff Architects is the architect on record, with CFC Construction building the project.
A 16-story building is a great start to getting the density River North needs.
Can’t complain about this development back in Denargo market – will likely take 10 years for the area to mature and feel natural. As a resident back here, i have a wishlist! I wonder if it would be possible to add a train to the A-Line to connect these units with Union Station, I know its a short walk to either station, but that would make this area feel very connected. Also a place to cross back here very easily to the “prime” RiNo retail on Larimer, a tunnel would be preferred, its clear to me that the maintenance costs on the walkover bridges is too high, the elevators are a sad sight, and the stairs are difficult for anyone who doesn’t normally exercise (and a non-starter for the elderly and disabled).
My last thing on this is the parking lot back here, its PRIME real estate and the city should look to purchase (some of) it and build a park and help finance large parking lots for the RiNo area and Rockies games. I have found it curious how RiNo does not have a parking system similar to those in Downtown Boulder, soon enough (15 years?), the promenade will be finished, the Pepsi facility will fill in and RiNo will be almost self contained as a city/tourist must-visit area. Is there any reason the large parking lot needs to exist as is, i cannot imagine anyone arguing that it is currently “highest and best use.”
Now to the real dream, the RiNo big dig. Bury the train and integrate both sides together. The obstacles are insurmountable, but one can dream!
Haha Bob I totally agree, I’m such a nerd I actually put in a request/idea to RTD to ask if they could put an A-Line station right there where it crosses Brighton/Broadway since it would be a great transit oriented development and of course they gave me a very generic response. 🙁
Me: “Oh, hey! That’s really close by.”
(Looks out window.)
Me: “Ah—yup, there’s the crane!”
That should be a really nice addition to that neighborhood. Still striking how many open parcels and parking lots exist this close to the city center. Looking forward to the day when enough homes exist in this neighborhood that some sort of BRT becomes necessary to in order to better connect residents to city amenities from ol’ Brighton island. I still find Denargo and “Union North” weirdly isolated due to all the major roads and viaducts. But this still looks like a nice building and it’s a great scale. People will really enjoy living here.
The first I learned that this was under construction is when I saw, from my window, the luffer getting built. It was a pleasant surprise.
Bought my first home ever in this neighborhood five months ago. Really looking forward to my view getting more and more blocked by new neighbors. Easy to take potshots at architecture until you see really happy young, contributing members of society out and about walking dogs and enjoying the nearby businesses and amenities. This many homes just can’t be underestimated. They’re so important. And we need more.
Looks eerily similar to Civic Lofts, also built by CREA and possibly the ugliest building of this cycle. 16 stories & 336 apartments good, aggressively uninspired architecture bad. Guessing the renderings were supplied in B&W to obscure how much of an eyesore this will be.