Construction of the skinniest infill building in Downtown Denver is complete. SugarSquare, the 25-foot wide four-story office project near 16th and Wazee Street, still has interior tenant improvements in progress but the exterior of the glass-and-steel structure is finished and looking great.
Designed by Semple Brown and developed by Urban Villages, SugarSquare adds a little more than 10,000 square feet of office space to its parent, the historic Sugar Building. Across the alley is SugarSquare’s older sibling from 2008, SugarCube.
Let’s take a final look at SugarSquare:
From John J. Murphy’s Blacksmith Shop to a vacant lot for about 90 years and now to modern office space… the evolution of Lower Downtown continues. Welcome SugarSquare!
It’s okay, but when will you update us on 9th and Colorado? They’re building a 17 story tower there now.
Great project!
The city could use another 10 similarly sized infill projects around town. Great use of space!
I love this little building!
I like this little building too. Inspite of it being a completely different look then it’s neighbors, it fits in. It makes a nice transition from the lower buildings to the taller.
It’s a common misconception that a building has to be the same as it’s neighbors to fit it. (i.e. brick for lodo)
Yes, it’s glass and steel ILO brick, but it’s massing and scale are appropriate for its site.
Buildings that are indicative of the era their built in are more honest and more interesting (to me) than something that is historically referential.
Juxtaposed buildings from different eras weave a rich urban tapestry.
My hat is off to the developer who had the sophistication to add this gem to the fabric of LODO