Another new housing development in Downtown has moved to under-construction status; this time, it’s the Renaissance Downtown Lofts project by the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless. As we reported in our initial post, this new infill project will bring 101 affordable housing units to the Arapahoe Square district.
Here are a few photos of the fenced-off site where construction work is getting underway.
Don’t be alarmed by the fact that the construction fence wraps around the historic (but vacant) Carson Press building in the second photo. All of the plans for this project show the Carson Press building intact and not part of the Renaissance Downtown Lofts project. Perhaps since it is vacant it has been temporarily leased as the construction office.
It is good to see the former uses at this site, an ugly surface parking lot and a vacant bank branch building, replaced with a new six-story building that provides homes for lower-income residents!
I confirmed the sale of the site for an appraisal a few years ago. The owner had to keep the building. I’m not sure if that’s changed.
Very happy to see the Carson Press building remain. This has always been a special building that hopefully remains preserved.