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.