News and information about urban infill development in the Mile High City
Do you live under a rock? If so, I would like to lift the rock from you and inform you that East Colfax is undergoing a huge transformation, one that we need to be championing and celebrating more widely. Center-running Bus Rapid Transit will fundamentally reshape traffic volumes, bus ridership, and urban form along [...]
There’s a funny thing happening in Central Denver right now—the number of new apartments being built and delivered to market is near an all-time high, but the pipeline of new infill projects for the city to review is near an all-time low. I specify “infill” projects both because that is the subject of this [...]
In the last few years, one of the more predictable features of writing about construction and urbanism in Denver has been the constant question: “When are you going to cover River Mile?” In short, DenverInfill’s response has been, “When they give us something to write about.” For some time now I have been convinced, [...]
If developers and office workers get weak at the knees when they think about Downtown Denver's office and retail market, post-pandemic, they're voting with their feet in favor of smaller urban centers like Cherry Creek. Take a walk down 2nd Avenue in Cherry Creek and compare it to 15th Street, any length of 15th [...]
Look, sometimes kooky things pop up in permits and the public needs to see them as soon as possible. An observation tower just off the 16th Street Mall that's almost as tall as Denver's tallest skyscraper? That's newsworthy! We know so little at this time. When I last visited this surface parking lot in [...]
If in recent months you have thought at all of the area east of the South Platte River, south of the Colfax Viaduct, and north of 6th Avenue Freeway, you've probably been thinking about the possible conversion of the Zuni Power Plant for anything other than industrial uses. It's been in the media. there have [...]
According to the office of the Denver County Assessor, between 2021 and 2023, the median assessed value of all Denver residences (single-family, townhomes, and condos) increased by 33%. In contrast, Downtown Denver (or more specifically the Central Business District) is in a tough spot. In that same time period, the median change in assessed [...]
If you subscribe to BusinessDen, you’ll no doubt have read their two-part story, “Island Tripping,” on the constraints around the G & B Lines’ first stop outside of Downtown Denver. I recommend the story, but to summarize, the way the highways and freight rail cut this part of town off from the street grid [...]
Today, we have a very special update on Populus, where we take a look at the exterior and then head inside to see the progress being made on the interior. Populus is arguably one of the most architecturally unique projects going up in Downtown Denver and, when complete, will remain one of the most [...]
When we last visited 18th and Glenarm, vertical work was just beginning. Fast-forward a few months, and a lot of activity has taken place on the project site. A second tower crane has been erected, and the project's concrete structure has now risen above the podium levels. Since the point tower form is still pretty uncommon [...]