Denver Urban Review’s last construction update of Cherry Creek North was in February, so it certainly was time to take a trip over there and take a look at the progress of all the developments taking shape.
Pictured above is the 200 Columbine office project that is nearing completion. This project will feature ground floor retail and above that sits 7 floors of office space. 200 Columbine was built in concert with a residential portion titled 250 Columbine photographed below. According to the 250 Columbine website, 80 percent of all units are under contract. Ground floor retail is also included in this development.
Above you can see below grade work is currently taking place at the 245 Columbine hotel project. Some of you may recall that this was the site of the Cherry Creek post office. BMC Investments and Sage Hospitality are developing this $70 million hotel and retail project. The structure will have 155 hotel rooms and space for two ground floor restaurants. It was announced in late 2014 that Departure by Sage Restaurant Group will be filling one of the available spaces. For more information on this project take a look at the article DUR wrote back in February.
Photographed below is the construction site of the future Room & Board retail store. This project is taking shape at 2nd Avenue and Detroit Street.
Above is the 100 St. Paul office development. The last few panes of glass have yet to be installed. This project will add 135,000 square feet of office space to Cherry Creek and 14,000 square feet of retail space. A FirstBank branch is set to occupy space in this Building. 100 St. Paul is seeking LEED Gold certification.
The 218-unit Steele Creek Apartments has just about wrapped up construction at the corner of 1st Avenue and Steele Street.
Over at the northeast corner of 1st Avenue and Steele Street is the Coda Cherry Creek apartment development that will rise to 12 stories once completed. Work is now beginning on the 6th floor. This project will add 185-units to Cherry Creek. Construction is expected to be completed in early 2016.
Pictured above is the Gables Cherry Creek apartment project which has topped.. This development sits at 360 South Monroe Street adjacent to the Cherry Creek bike path.
The Restoration Hardware that is under construction at the Cherry Creek Mall is shown above. This was the one time site of the Saks Fifth Avenue store.
All photos were captured on 5/17/15.
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The density developing in CC is admirable. However, can something go up taller than 12 stories there? Something tall and thin maybe taller than about 16 stories would sure break up the monotony of this area.
Also, since the retail of Denver is going to be there (taking away from the DT area) is it possible to somehow get DT and CC connected via some sort of very quick transportation? Ideally, a subway line between 16th Street Mall and underneath the CC mall would be the best…. but unrealistic. Above ground transit on rail cold somehow work.
Lastly, does anyone know the actual height of the new 8 story 100 St Paul building? Is it the allowed limit at 140 feet….. or maybe not quite that high? It does look as high as the nearby 88 Steele Creek, although observation may be deceptive.
Thanks….. and thanks for posting these updates.
I believe the proximity of Cherry Creek to downtown has certainly had an impact on retail growth downtown. The good news is that all the new residents that will be moving into all the units that are coming online will help to create a demand for more retail downtown. The concern I have for downtown retail is that many of the ground floor retail spaces that are coming online in new projects are very large spaces— spaces that only work for very large bars/restaurants and large retail stores. Retail space for small boutique shops and space for utilitarian tenants like dry cleaners and barber shops seems to be few and far between. I imagine this is driven by economics and it must be more cost-effective to build one large retail space than it is to divide it up into five individual retail spaces.
My idealistic vision would be for a trolley line from Speer and 32nd to run along Speer/1st Ave all the way to Colorado Blvd. . . maybe someday. Anyways, I would be curious to see what kind of resistance there would be from the Cherry Creek crowd to have a public transit line connect downtown to Cherry Creek.