While Capitol Hill is mostly built out, there are still some key parcels along the Sherman, Grant, and Logan corridor that are ripe for development. In recent months, there has been an uptick in permits filed with the city more focused on the south area of the neighborhood, which is still riddled with surface parking lots, and underutilized parcels.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Capitol Square Apartments. This six-story building at the corner of 13th Avenue and Sherman Street has topped out, with exterior weatherproofing underway. The Capitol Square Apartments provide much-needed affordable housing at AMI levels between 30%-80%.

Project Description Developer Architect Contractor
6 Stories | 103 affordable apt homes | 4700 sf retail | 77 (v) parking
Mile High Development KTGY Millender White

In addition, here are a couple of current renderings of the project.

Avalon Governor’s Park. Replacing the former single-story Racines building and adjacent parking structure, a 13-story project is now underway with excavation in progress. This is the first project in years to rise over ten stories in Capitol Hill and is currently the tallest building under construction in the neighborhood. A couple of renderings are included in the photos below.

Project Description Developer Architect Contractor
13 Stories | 304 apt homes | 290 (v) parking
AvalonBay Studio PBA
Shaw Construction

COMPLETED

757 / 777 Grant. A renovation and new infill project is now complete along Grant Street between 7th and 8th Avenue. The 1950s-era office building, on the corner of East 8th Avenue and Grant Street, has been completely renovated from the ground up, providing 109,000 square feet of modern office space. In addition, part of the surface parking lot next door has been supplanted to provide an eight-story residential building with 64 studio apartment homes.

Project Description Developer Architect Contractor
6/8 Stories | 64 apt homes | 108k sf office | 2,500 sf retail
LCP Development Open Studio Architecture Brinkmann Construction

PROPOSED

Speer & Lincoln. KMGH Channel 7 News is looking for a new home leaving behind their purpose-built, five-story brutalist building. While some residents fought to have the building protected under historic status, ultimately, it was voted against, and the property has now been purchased by Property Markets Group (PMG). Repurposing this building would have been an extreme challenge and, not to mention, a cost sink. The Vice President and General Manager of Denver 7 wrote a great letter to the City of Denver regarding the matters above. You can read it here.

Now that the land has been purchased, redevelopment is moving forward. According to the concept plan filed with the city, PMG is proposing two 13-story buildings that will add 587 homes to this corner of Capitol Hill. That is a significant improvement to what currently resides on this lot.

Project Description Developer Architect Contractor
13/13 Stories | 587 homes | 15,500 sf retail | 525 (v) parking
PMG Shears Adkins Rockmore
TBD

Luma Apartments. Plans filed with the city call for a new nine-story building mid-block on Grant Street between East 7th and 8th Avenue. Currently, a closed, crumbling, single-story parking structure resides on the project site. A site development plan was recently filed with the city showing that this project is still moving along. Below are a couple of photos of the existing parking structure and concept rendering.

Project Description Developer Architect Contractor
9 Stories | 92 apt homes | 77 (v) parking
Palisade Partners Craine Architecture TBD

765 Logan. Across the alley from Luma, another eight-story building is poised to supplant another surface parking lot along Logan Street. This project is currently making its way through the permitting process, with the most recent activity in late February.

Project Description Developer Architect Contractor
8 Stories | 106 apt homes | 125 (v) parking
Westfield Tryba Architects
TBD

Gables Governors Park. Another surface parking lot might be biting the dust soon with a new 10-story project. This project will complete the southeast corner of East 8th Avenue and Sherman Street and provide an ample amount of density for this area. A building permit was filed with the city in late March. Currently, there are no renderings of this project.

Project Description Developer Architect Contractor
10 Stories | 198 apt homes | 212 (v) parking Gables Davis Partnership JE Dunn

700 Lincoln. A concept plan for a new 18-story building was recently filed with the city, which calls to redevelop the northeast corner of East 7th Avenue and Lincoln Street. Currently, a single-story building resides on the project site, which was the former home of Turin Bicycles.

Project Description Developer Architect Contractor
18 Stories | 304 apt homes | 358 (v) parking
Carmel Partners
N/A TBD

That’s a wrap for Capitol Hill!

Maps for projects mentioned in this post:

Capitol Square Apartments

Avalon Governor’s Park

777 / 757 Grant Street

Speer & Lincoln

Luma Apartments

765 Logan

Gables Governors Park

700 Lincoln