River North continues to explode with development with no slowing down in sight. When we launched our new “roundup” format, we decided that River North as a whole would be too overwhelming to cover in a single post. The same applies today. River North will still be covered in four directional quadrants, divided between 33rd Street and the train tracks. Here is a map depicting the quadrants and their assigned direction. In addition, North Wynkoop will be covered in its own “roundup” post.
The East quadrant is currently the densest area of the neighborhood. This quadrant features a great retail corridor down Larimer Street and the 38th and Blake commuter rail station, making this a prime area for development.
COMPLETED
CatBird Hotel. This seven-story, 165-room hybrid “apartment hotel” is now complete. The hotel operates as both a standard and extended-stay hotel. The building wraps around a 132-year-old historic house, featuring four bedrooms and two-and-a-half bathrooms. This space can be rented for private events.
In the tables below, “(v)” stands for vehicles, “(b)” stands for bikes.
| Project Description | Developer | Architect | Contractor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Stories | 165 rooms | 3 (v) 47 (b) parking | Peak Development Group | Shears Adkins Rockmore | Farrington Construction |
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
T3 RiNo. Demolition of the existing warehouse is now complete, with excavation underway for the underground parking structure. Looking at the project from above, it appears that excavation is nearing completion.
| Project Description | Developer | Architect | Contractor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Stories | 238k sf office | 17k sf retail | 377 (v) 100 (b) parking | Hines | Pickard Chilton | Whiting Turner |
FoundryLine. Swift, vertical progress is being made directly across the street from the 38th and Blake commuter rail station. The primary concrete structure of FoundryLine is now up to seven stories with ten more to go. This will be one of the taller projects in the area as the cores still have five more stories to go.
| Project Description | Developer | Architect | Contractor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Stories | 348 apt homes | 9300 sq ft retail | 282 (v) 207 (b) parking | McWhinney | Craine Architecture | Hensel Phelps |
One River North. One of the most architecturally unique high-rises in the city is just making it out of the ground. The forms for the elevator core have gone above street level, with the first supports for the underground levels underway.
| Project Description | Developer | Architect | Contractor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Stories | 187 apt homes | 9,000 sf retail | 176 (v) 40 (b) parking | R Cap Blake Street | MAD / Davis Partnership | Saunders Construction |
Novel RiNo. This split 12-story / 5-story project is making great vertical progress. The shorter five-story portion of the building has topped out, with the taller half currently matching the same height. Novel RiNo has an impressive footprint and adds a lot of nice density on the edge of this quadrant.
| Project Description | Developer | Architect | Contractor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 / 5 Stories | 483 homes | 15,800 sf retail | 428 (v) 255 (b) parking | Crecent Communities | Davis Partnership | Milender White |
PROPOSED
3300 Blake. Demolition is underway for the full city block bound by 33rd and 34th Street, Blake and Walnut Street. Carmel Partners has proposed a two-building development over a shared two-story podium. According to the permits filed with the city, the two-story base will contain retail, amenities, and parking. An “L-shaped” building on the southwest portion of the site will rise five stories and feature 219 apartment homes. An additional ten-story tower will occupy the northeast portion of the block, featuring 266 apartment homes. The total height of the northeast portion of the block will rise 12-stories due to the two-story podium below. Even though demolition is underway, we are still considering this proposed since there are no building permits filed as of yet. In addition, no renderings are available for this project.
| Project Description | Developer | Architect | Contractor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 /12 Stories | 485 apt homes | 545 (v) parking | Carmel Partners | Davis Partnership | N/A |
37th and Downing. A new, nine-story project is making its way through the city at 37th and Downing. Present-day, the site has been cleared for construction however, there is no construction activity on the project site. Given all the permits have been filed to start construction, we should hopefully see this take off very soon. In the aerial below, the project site is sandwiched between the CatBird Hotel and 3701 Marion.
| Project Description | Developer | Architect | Contractor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Stories | 197 apt homes | 6,000 sf retail | 153 (v) parking | Transwestern | Shears Adkins Rockmore | JE Dunn |
That’s a wrap for the East quadrant of River North. Coming up next, we are heading across the tracks and tackling the North quadrant, where there is also a lot of construction activity taking place.
Love the updates! Thank you! Not sure if I just hadn’t noticed the Project Description before or if it’s brand new but it would be nice (for me anyways) to have a column for the address/cross streets, I’m more of a cross streets person.
Also, the last proposed project, it’s hard to tell where it’s supposed to go, any chance we could get an outline?
Keep up the great work!
Thank you! The table is a new feature for these posts to keep everything more organized and easier to read / track. I was just thinking of the crossroads idea when writing this as well. We can also utilize a map which, I think, would be even better so you can get some context. I’ll play around with this on the “North” River North update and see if it doesn’t clutter the posts too much. Here is a pin for the last proposed project. It’s the lot at 37th and Downing up to the dirt line at the north-most part.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/3724+N+Downing+St,+Denver,+CO+80205/@39.7684278,-104.9724298,416m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x876c79106c0a6845:0x9a38824d55411579!8m2!3d39.7686893!4d-104.9729976
An interactive map would be great. Two additional points if you have time, that link should open a new tab (currently loads over this tab). Also, if there’s a way to get an email whenever a reply to your message is provided in this thread is provided that would be great. I know this isn’t a full-time staffed site, but I think this would invite more discussion here if that was provided.
Any word on the “Cole Market” from EXDO that was supposed to go over at the Lawrence Swoop (@36th & Downing)? Been anxiously awaiting that for years now.
Looking on the permitting side of things, there hasn’t been any recent activity, unfortunately.
I like catbird overall but really hope they’re planning on some murals as it’s very gray.
As a neighbor. I am growing frustrated with the lack of progress on the Cole Market. If that becomes something other than a grocery store there may need to be a neighborhood revolt.
Two other objects in this area that I am curious about, there seems to be a lot of momentum in the area surrounding the new 40th street vertical park, extremely excited to see some redevelopment of Rock Drill – I think they’re timing this right, it makes sense to come in after the rest of the lots are full.
and does anyone know what the long-term plan is for the lot that the city created in front of the 7/11 on downing in this neighborhood?
There’s also new permits for 3800 Blake (WTC)! Described as a 14 story office building.
Any more info on that?
There’s new applications filed 3/1/22 for mechanical, plumbing, a/c-boiler under an application titled, “3800 Blake ST – NEW 14 STORY OFFICE BUILDING”.
Thank you! Would love to see some progress for the Cole Market, Denver Rick Drill and the new development in place of the WTC! I can’t believe that no national grocery store wants to go in on the Cole Market site. Apparently they had a preliminary agreement in place with Sprouts, but progress stopped with the pandemic and now they’re struggling to find a replacement. We REALLY need a grocery store around here! Thank you for these updates @denverinfill.com Fantastic work!
I’ve heard rumors that a small format Target store is in the works for the Cole Market site…