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
So much to be excited about!
One note, Gables Governor’s Park states it’s on Grant but the map image shows Sherman, I believe the latter is correct.
Nice catch, thanks! It is on Sherman Street.
Any information on what is going in at the old Ramada Inn site on Colfax and Marion, at the old Laundry building across Downing Street from the Ramada, and at the Southeast corner of Downing Colfax and Franklin? That’s three sites under development with perhaps a fourth in the parking lot behind the gym on Lafayette.
These sites will totally change a small stretch of the ‘fax.
Thanks for the roundup! Been looking forward to coverage of the neighborhood for a while. I hope you got the chance to come out and see the tower crane go up on 11th and Bannock (Golden Triangle) over the weekend!
Similar issue in reverse for Avalon Governor’s Park. Map shows 200 W 7th. (Denver Health) Racine’s was at 650 Sherman Street.
Thanks Ryan for all your hard work keeping us informed.
Thanks for providing that letter about the Denver7 Building. That was an interesting read.
The Capitol Square Apartments…it’s nice to see affordable housing. Much needed for sure. Looks like it’s made out of cardboard boxes. Is that somebodies idea of making the low income folks feel at home? I doubt the gesture is appreciated. I hope it gets painted to look more like the renderings.
There’s still a LOT of work to go on the exterior.
How about a mention if these projects have ground floor retail or not. Capital hill is such a great walkable neighborhood that retail components seem natural. Capital Square apartments looks like it has nice ground floor retail but not so much for Avalon. With Racines a huge draw for years, it’s sad this will no longer be a spot to visit for any public commercial use.
Tower crane going up today 5/13 at old Racines site.