Cherry Creek North BID receives merit award
During its most recent annual conference in Minneapolis, the International Downtown Association recognized the Cherry Creek North Business Improvement District with a 2012 Downtown Merit Award for its role on the recently completed City and County of Denver Cherry Creek Area Plan. The BID was one of the plan stakeholders and on the plan leadership team. Additionally, Denver Community Planning and Development as well as Public Works were responsible for project management, staffing…
Pueblo selection a first for Austrian-based manufacturer
One of the world’s leading chain manufacturers is linking up with Pueblo.
Austrian-based pewag, in conjunction with the Pueblo Economic Development Corp., recently announced that it will open its first North American manufacturing center next year in the Minnequa Industrial Park in the south end of the city.
A ceremonial groundbreaking recently was held for the 55,000-square-foot facility, for which construction will begin in January. Read more in the Oct. 3 issue o…
Pinkard begins Mercantile Bldg. work
Pinkard Construction is under way on the renovation of Mercantile Building in Lower Downtown Denver.
Pinkard will perform core and shell renovations to the six-story mixed-use building, whose tenants include the Tattered Cover, as well as the four-story office building immediately adjacent to the west. Read more in the Oct. 3 issue of the Colorado Real Estate Journal.
Construction starts on Aspen Art Museum
Aspen’s new art museum is taking shape.
Construction started this month on the new 30,000-square-foot Aspen Art Museum, which will replace a 9,000-sf converted historic hydroelectric plant outside the center of town the museum has occupied for the last 30 years.
Turner Construction Co., in conjunction with Summit Construction, are building the new museum located at the corner of East Hyman Avenue and South Spring Street in downtown Aspen, which will features 12,500 sf of e…
CSNA recognized for Bal Seal facility
CSNA and Bal Seal Engineering recently received a citation for design excellence from the American Institute of Architects Colorado South Chapter for Bal Seal Engineering’s yet-to-be-built facility in Colorado Springs.
AIA Colorado South named the project its Citation Award winner in the “unbuilt architecture” category. CSNA and Bal Seal are planning the 155,000-square-foot manufacturing facility at 1350 Belpratt View.
The design was selected from 12 entries an…
Architects need to use their ears
Today's world is getting noisier all the time. It affects everyone negatively, i.e., increased tension, apprehension, etc. We need to think more about the purpose or use of interior spaces and design accordingly. Here is a link to a recent TED talk concerning the importance of good acoustics in education, healthcare and hospitality settings. With all the communications problems in today's society, we should be designing spaces with appropriate acoustics. &n…
Pinkard Construction to complete TI project
Pinkard Construction recently was awarded the Sloan’s Lake Care and Rehab tenant improvement project.
Owner Ensign Facility Services selected Pinkard to improve the existing, occupied six-story extended care facility at 1601 Lowell Blvd.
Work includes improvements to the 6,800-square-foot ground floor, including a kitchen, physical therapy, lounge and office areas. Read more in the Sept. 19 issue.
Intergroup completes UE facility
Intergroup Architects recently completed the 95,200-square-foot UE Compression facility in Commerce City.
UE Compression specializes in the fabrication and packaging of custom engineered gas compressor systems. The facility is located at 6471 E. 49th Ave. Read more in the Sept. 19 issue of the Colorado Real Estate Journal.
Chotin, i2 start full-scale renovation
Chotin Properties LLC has started a full-scale renovation of its Denver Tech Center building.
Work at the building at 5675 DTC Blvd. in Greenwood Village includes all new mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems consistent with Class A properties.
The general contractor for the project is i2 Construction LLC while Burkett Design Inc. is responsible for core-and-shell building redevelopment and architectural design. Catalyst Planning group has been engaged to act as the owner&…
Work starts on renovating building into dual-brand hotel
Alliance Construction Solutions has started work on the first project of its kind in Colorado.
The firm has begun renovations transforming the former Xcel Energy building into the state’s first dual-brand hotel. Homewood Suites by Hilton and Hampton Inn and Suites will be housed in the 12-story building at 550 15th St. in downtown Denver and share more than 262,000 square feet of space.
“We are excited to be part of such a new concept in hotel design,” said Jer…
Mayor, DIA celebrate milestone for terminal redevelopment
Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock and Denver International Airport commemorated a significant construction milestone of the South Terminal Redevelopment Program. Elected officials, travel and aviation industry members and employees impacted by the program all gathered to witness the ceremonial release and transfer of the Jeppesen Terminal roof tension cables to temporary structures that will support the tents for the duration of construction.
“We are building Denver’s…
Design Concepts to work on nine school projects
Design Concepts was selected to be the landscape architect and planning partner for nine school projects funded by the Colorado Department of Education’s BEST Program for capital school construction.
The Building Excellent Schools Today Program is a competitive grant program available to public school districts and other educational institutions in Colorado. Administered by CDE’s Division of Public School Capital Construction Assistance, the BEST Program aims to allev…
Shaw breaks ground at Centennial InterPort
Shaw Construction recently broke ground for what will become the fifth and sixth facilities at Centennial InterPort.
Once completed, owner The SunBorne Cos. and tenant, Sierra Nevada Corp., will have two 24,000-square-foot hangars, a 7,500-sf office, an 8,500-sf office, parking lots at each new facility and an 80 space parking overflow lot. Also, the newly laid ramps and aprons will attach to the currentCentennial Airport runways.
Aurora Housing Authority finishes first phase
The Village at Westerly Creek is scheduled to welcome its first residents on August 28.
The new three-story apartment building for seniors/disabled, located at East Kentucky Avenue and South Jamaica Street, has been in construction since September 2011.
The $15.4 million development is developed, owned, and managed by the Aurora Housing Authority. The Village at Westerly Creek is the first of two buildings to replace the obsolescent public housing development known a…
Construction launches on Evans Station Lofts
The Urban Land Conservancy and Medici Communities LLC celebrated the construction launch of workforce housing located at the Evans Light Rail Station in south Denver. This development will bring 50 new affordable rentals to the Denver market and represents the first Transit-Oriented Development Fund project currently under construction.
In June 2011, ULC purchased the property at 2140 S. Delaware Street for $1.2 million using the TOD Fund, a fund created to preserv…
Olympic-level curling facility sweeping into Denver area
The Denver Curling Club is planning to construct an Olympic- caliber facility dedicated to the sport of sliding “stones” across a sheet of ice.
The Denver Curling Center would be the only dedicated ice between Seattle and Bismarck, N. D., to develop and train youth, junior, adult, senior and wheelchair curlers for local, national, international, Olympic and Paralympics competition. It also would be used to host regional and national events.
"It would have about 20,00…
Work starts on 'distinctive' Steamboat Springs community
A distinctive senior housing and health care facility is under way in Steamboat Springs and designed to be a model for development for all future resort and isolated communities around the country.
Construction recently started on Casey’s Pond Senior Community, a 117,487-square-foot facility comprising 144 units of three progressive levels of care.
“We believe this will be the model for future resort and isolated communities senior housing design around the country,&…
City 'excited' for ground-up retail development
Construction has started on Promenade at Denver West, a 63,000-square-foot retail development at West Colfax Avenue and Indiana Street in Lakewood.
Alberta Development Partners LLC is developing the 11.75-acre site, once home to Stevinson Chevrolet.
"The city of Lakewood is excied to see the southeast corner of West Colfax and Indiana Street redevelopment with a high-quality retail project. This highly visible corner serves an an entrance into the city, Coorado Mills and D…
ACG report details declining construction employment
Construction employment declined in 162 out of 337 metropolitan areas between June 2011 and June 2012, increased in 127 and stayed stagnant in 48, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials said that construction employment declined or remained unchanged in most metro areas as the public sector continued to cut back on investments in new construction and infrastructure and economic g…
Prime West, Intergroup, DSP partner on reuse project
A unique reuse of a former industrial building is about to take shape.
Prime West Development is slated to begin redevelopment this month of the former Gump Glass building at 1265 S. Broadway St. in Denver into a health and day care center for aging adults.
The project represents the third Programs of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly that Prime West is completing for InnovAge Greater Colorado, formerly Total Longterm Care, in Colorado. Read more in the Aug. 1 issue of the Colo…