Back in February, in our River North (East) roundup, we mentioned that the lot at 37th and Downing has been cleared but not yet under construction. Present-day, excavation is well underway, with the project close to bottoming out.
A quick note about the location of this project: the official River North Art District eastern boundary runs along Larimer Street and then jogs over to Downing Street, where the street grids collide, and then back to Walnut Street on the diagonal. Since this project is on the other side of that line, this project resides in the Cole neighborhood.
Below are a few photos of the project site.
Here is one additional vantage point of the project site, along with a rendering refresher of the nine-story building.
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| Project Description | Developer | Architect | Contractor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Stories | 197 apt homes | 6,000 sf retail | 153 (v) parking | Transwestern | Shears Adkins Rockmore |
JE Dunn |
Is this the development with the new grocery store or is that the parcel next door? The neighborhood desperately needs one.
Unfortunately, this is not the one with the grocery store. It’s next door. The grocery store project still has no activity.
I think that grocery store is a big game changer for the neighborhood. It needs to happen sooner than later due to the big density increases coming soon.
The architecture of many Denver apartment projects is pretty square. A square-D-shaped structure surrounding a swimming pool or common area, all plopped on top of a square-base parking structure.
Since there is a ‘Denver Square’ style house that is typical in Denver, perhaps there can also be a ‘Denver Square’ style apartment building that is typical in Denver.
I’ll take the “Denver C” or “Denver U” over Dallas Donuts any day.
Coming from a background where many apartment and office projects need to either drive resistance piles through soft ground, or run piles to and into bedrock (socketed), how deep could projects in the South Platte plain (Lodo, Rino, Sobo) be dug with the current technology of soldier piles and lagging to put all required parking underground? How deep is bedrock?
It’s crazy that it seem like you just did a RiNo roundup and so much has changed since then. Thanks Ryan