The Speer Boulevard Apartments are featured in the below photo at Speer Boulevard and Grant Street. This residential project has one more floor to go before it tops out at 6 stories. 
The base for a construction crane has been installed at the site of the 7|S Denver Haus apartments. Once completed this project will include 115 apartment units. Also under construction in Denver's Capitol Hill neighborhood is MOTO apartment project at 8th and Sherman Street. 
Pictured above is the 8th Avenue and Broadway apartment project. The exterior finishes are now beginning to be applied. Below are two pictures of the Joule apartment project that is under construction in Denver's Golden Triangle neighborhood at Speer Boulevard and Cherokee Street. This development is seeking LEED certification. 
As the midday sun was reaching its peak in the sky, the clouds began to thicken. I proceeded north where I snapped a picture of the dual brand Hyatt House/Hyatt Place Hotel. Exterior work on this project is nearing completion. This 21-story hotel is slated to open this fall. 
Here is a most exciting addition to the construction update, the 40-story 1144 Fifteen Street skyscraper. Denver Urban Review published the new renderings of this project and to see all 5 renderings, take a look at Friday's article.
Image courtesy Hines.
At Fourteenth and Lawrence of course is the 22-story 1401 Lawrence office project that is under construction in downtown Denver. Below is a picture of the Denver Chalk Art Festival that was taking place in and around Larimer Square. Not exactly construction related, but for sure one of Denver's great annual events. Unfortunately just a few minutes after I walked through the festival the weather quickly changed moods and a tropical downpour began. Not sure if the artists use some kind of special chalk, because it looked like the artwork was not ruined from the rain. 
Looking down Wewatta towards 16th Street is the Triangle Building where the last phases of construction are taking place. It was at this point that the downpour began and I scampered to the nearest coffee shop to keep the camera out of the rain. The clouds parted just as fast as they arrived and since I was in the area, I wanted to see how the Platte River and Cherry Creek were looking —I have never seen that much water in Confluence Park before 
Anyways, getting back to the construction tour. The next project on our list is the 34-story Confluence luxury apartment project at 15th Street and Little Raven. Excavation work continues on this project.
Over in the Union Station neighborhood is 10-story 1601 Wewatta (above) office building that is being developed by Hines. Last week it was announced that two tenants have signed to lease space at 1601 Wewatta—Hogan Lovells LLP will lease office space and the Colorado Athletic Club will be opening a fitness center in the building. Seen below is the construction site of the Kimpton Hotel. This project will also include a boutique office space. 
Pictured below is the construction site of the 17W mixed use development that will feature a Whole Foods on the ground floor and 600 apartment units. The total height of this project is 13 floors. 
Shown above is the Union Tower West construction site. This mixed-used development will showcase a boutique hotel as well as leasable office space contained within a 12-story building. Union Tower West will take shape at 18th and Wewatta. 
Work is wrapping up on the Elan Union Station project at 19th Street and Chestnut Place. This project will feature a King Soopers on the Ground floor. By the time I had made my way to LoDo to take a look at the progress of the Z Block project the clouds had returned. A great deal of excavation work has taken place at the Z block site in the last month. This project will feature a hotel managed by Sage Hospitality and 200,000 square feet of office space. Prologis recently announced that they will be leasing space in this building. Z Block is seeking LEED Gold certification. 
Pictured below is the Alexan Uptown residential project at Logan and 19th Avenue. It will feature 372 apartment units in a 12-story building. 
The sun came out for the last stop on our Denver construction update. The 26-story SkyHouse project has just begun to go vertical at 18th and Broadway. 
I hope everyone has a good week and thank you for stopping by. There really is a ton of construction going on around Denver these days. The next few months will be exciting as several of these projects are moving from "hole in the ground stage" to going vertical. Cheers, Justin P.S. below is a photo of the Denver skyline I captured from Diamond Hill last week when we had the full moon.
Denver Skyline from Diamond Hill. DUR June 2015.
Photographed above is the 
Below grade work takes place at the site of the 
The MOTO apartments (above) at 8th Avenue and Sherman Street has reached its full height in Denver's Capitol Hill neighborhood. A coffee shop and a barber shop are slated to occupy ground floor retail space in this structure. 
Pictured above is the apartment project that sits between Broadway and Lincoln at 8th Avenue. This project has reached its full height. 
The Joule apartment project (above) is located in Denver's Golden Triangle neighborhood at Speer Boulevard and Cherokee Street. 
Once completed the Alexan Uptown project (above) at Logan and 19th Avenue will feature 372 apartments units in a 12-story building. Work is now taking place on the parking structure upon which the apartment units will reside. Below is a photo of the Skyhouse Denver apartment project that is set to rise at Broadway and 18th Street. Once completed Skyhouse Denver will rise to 26-stories. 
Work continues on the 
The construction site in the picture above is set to become the home a Kimpton Hotel as well as a boutique office space. Also shown on the left hand side of the photo os the 
Exterior work on 1601 Wewatta nears completion in Denver's Union Station neighborhood. 
The 
Currently the construction site of the 34-story 
Work is now taking place on the 4th floor of the 
Pictured above is the dual brand Hyatt House/Hyatt Place hotel at 14th Street and Glenarm Place. All photos were taken May 6th.
I stumbled upon a fortuitous site while walking down 14th Street. I noticed that the crane that had been used to construct the dual brand Hyatt House Hyatt Place was being taken down. Although it is more exciting to watch a crane being installed, this does signify that another Denver project is successfully nearing completion. 
The below photograph was snapped at 18th and Broadway, the location of the 26-story 
Pictured above is the 22-story 
Demolition of the an existing structure (pictured above and below) takes place at the future site of Z Block, a mixed use project that will feature office space and a hotel component. A water truck is on site to spray water while the structure is torn down to prevent dust and other particles from becoming airborne. This project is located at 18th and Wazee Street in Lower Downtown. 
Construction began on the 
Glass has now been installed on the front facade of the office building 1601 Wewatta (pictured above), a development by Hines. The planned office tower 
The base for a crane has been installed at the 
Below grade work continues at The Confluence site pictured above. This luxury apartment project will rise to 34 floors. 
Pictured above is a photograph snapped from the pedestrian bridge located at 18th Street and Chestnut Place. For now this is a great vantage point to view the construction that is taking place in the Union Station neighborhood and Central Platte Valley. It won't be long before buildings rise and block the views from this spot, but so is the progress of the Mile High City.
17W is now under construction at 17th Street and Wewatta. The project will be apartments and a Whole Foods is slated to occupy the first floor. 
Alta City House located at 19th Street and Chestnut is nearing completion as an RTD bus passes by. 
A King Soopers will be opening on the first floor of the Elan Union Station apartment project at 19th Street and Chestnut Place. 
The above photo looks down Chestnut Place towards the southwest. The structure that sits on the righthand side of the photo was utilized as self storage building and is slated for demolition to make way for the planned 12-story 
A crane delivers glass to the 1601 Wewatta office project that was developed by Hines. The glass has been stored in crates on an adjacent lot that is planned to become an 18-story office tower at the corner of 16th Street and Chestnut Place. 
Photo of 1601 Wewatta looking southeast down the 16th Street Mall in the above photo. 
Denver's Millennium bridge is one of three pedestrian bridges that connects downtown Denver with the Highlands. The Millennium bridge allows RTD light rail vehicles to safely pass under the bridge while pedestrians stroll above. 
The open space between the Triangle building and the Environmental Protection Agency building (pictured on the righthand side of the photo) is where a cycling station will be located. Currently construction materials are located in the space. This space is actually the right of way for Wewatta Street. A deal was made between the City of Denver and the Triangle Building's developer East West Partners where underground parking for the building would be constructed underneath the Wewatta Street right of way as long as the developer placed a bike station on top of it. This was important because of the unusual triangular shape of the property. Triangular lots do not lend themselves to being ideal for underground parking structures. 
Above grade work is taking place on the 22-story 
The dual brand Hyatt House Hyatt Place hotel March 2015. The dual brand Hyatt House and Hyatt Place hotel has topped off at 21-stories in the above photo. 
The 26-story 
A photo looking northwest towards Denver's LoDo and Union Station neighborhoods. All of the prominent building on the horizon have been constructed this century starting with the Glass House residential towers on the far right of the photo. The next building to the left is the 21-story Platform at Union Station apartments and to the left of that is the 19-story office building- 1900 16th Street. The photos in this set were all taken in March of 2015 by Denver Urban Review.
