It’s time to wrap up Line 28 over in the Lower Highland neighborhood as it is now complete and residents are beginning to move in. This is located at 16th and Boulder providing the Lower Highland neighborhood with 130 rental units. Not to mention, Line 28 is taking up what used to be a very ugly grass lot! So why is it called Line 28? Back in the Denver streetcar era, that was the streetcar line number that went right by the parcel this project is on. It’s always nice to see some history when naming these new developments!
As per my final update tradition, here are all the posts we have done on DenverInfill covering the project.
New Lower Highland Project: 1560 Boulder
Highland Bridge Lofts Update #2
Now for some pictures of the completed building! Here we are looking at the project along 16th Street. It may look flat in the pictures, but there is a pretty steep grade along 16th Street between Boulder and Central.
And here we are looking at Line 28 from Boulder Street and from the lot directly behind it. Hopefully this lot will get filled in one day!
Overall, Line 28 has a very positive impact on this stretch of 16th Street and Boulder along with using some very tasteful materials. The only color that stands out are the random yellow stripes keeping the rest of the building very earth-toned. Line 28 was developed by Holland Partners Group who is also developing 1650 Wewatta. Let’s hope we can see more downtown development from them in the future!
Pretty snazzy if you ask me.
I can recall driving this area 20 years ago and wondering… At that time Denver was just starting to build some momentum while recovering from the great real estate recession of the late 1980’s. It was renovation, not development, that was seen as progress.
“You’ve come a long way.”
I love this site and I love seeing all the wonderful improvements happening in Denver. It’s great to see a city increase density and allow for more foot traffic. But, after living in the Lower Highland neighborhood (now moved to Park Hill) I have to say that this project did not take into account any input from neighbors or residents in the area. Lola’s, a nice restaurant directly across the street from this development, has lost a large part of its appeal because it no longer has a view of downtown. This project also did not add enough parking spaces for the number of units. Parking the LoHi is awful to say the least (don’t email me about biking there because that is not an option for everyone nor is it one that I prefer). All of the new developments should have a minimum of two parking spots per unit as parking has become so tight that businesses are suffering and tenants/owners can’t find parking for themselves or visitors. I know that it is great to get rid of the blight of parking lots, but underground garages must be built into these facilities as Denver does not have an extensive public transport system (a subway or trolley cars) so most people travel via cars and need a place to park them.
Wow. Good thing you moved away. So many horrible things to deal with.
I live a block a away in a condo, and have lived here for just over 2 years. Most of the “neighbors” now in this area are the same type of buildings. The people moving into these buildings like and enjoy this type of density. It is absurd to think that each unit needs 2 parking spots, plus that would drive the price of construction up so high that none of these buildings would ever be built. If you need two spots, there are plenty of single family neighborhoods like Park Hill where you can get a garage.
To my knowledge, none of the businesses in this area are suffering. IF anything, they are thriving, Lola included. That restaurant never relied on their view. I am sure they are thrilled to have that many upwardly mobile young professionals next door.
Ron, it sounds like you would prefer the suburbs.
Dan & Jeff,
I’m surprised that neither of you would strive for a balance in LoHi neighborhood??? (kind of rude comments for someone that was expressing a harmless opinion) As I said, until Denver has an adequate public transit system parking is still needed for those that live in the neighborhood and visitors. All great cities have high density, but most took more than 5 years to create that density, which allowed for the creation of public transit and other amenities that go along with high density neighborhoods. I will never move to the burbs as I like the neighborhoods of Denver proper. But I feel that Denver is becoming an anti-car enviroment while not providing alternatives for former Yuppie’s like myself with young families.
Why not a trolleys or railcars? I always ride the subways when I visit major cities and would love to have access to similar transportation for Denver inside the city limits.
It appears the ground floor space at the corner of 16th & Boulder will be a retail store or restaurant. Any idea what is going in there?
And I’ve heard there is a proposal for the parking lot on the other corner, I assume apartments or condos with more retail/restaurants along 16th. This area needs a streetcar line from downtown!
Churchill’s – An English pub
Wouldn’t it be great if RTD ran the free downtown circulator across 15th street into lower highlands? This could relieve a lot of the congestion and parking issues everyone is always griping about. Maybe it could be subsidized by the local businesses and condos in the neighborhood.
I love the yellow. A couple of weeks ago I was driving eastbound on 29th, at about Lowell, and realized that the tiny spot of yellow at the end of the road was this building. I think that the lime green a lot of architects and designers are digging on right now will seem very dated by 2018 (it already seems “so 2010”), but yellow is classic that will age well (assuming they periodically freshen it up with a new coat).