
Affordable Family Housing Opens in Boulder
BOULDER — Element Properties, with Pinkard Construction and Sopher Sparn Architects, celebrated the grand opening of SPARKwest, Element Properties’ 45-unit permanently affordable multifamily flats and townhomes project in Boulder. On Wednesday, May 9, grand opening festivities included a ribbon cutting and facility tours with remarks from Kurt Firnhaber, the City of Boulder’s deputy …

New Condo Affordable Housing Concept Proposed for Denver’s Sloans Lake
DENVER — As part of Zocalo Community Development’s ongoing effort to bring more affordable housing to the city, the developer has plans to build a new hybrid condo and affordable housing development across from Denver’s Sloans Lake. The development, located at West 17th Avenue and Newton Street, is yet to be named. Plans …

Event Recap: NAIOP Point/Counterpoint Public Policy Forum
By Liz Gibbons DENVER — NAIOP and guest panelists came together on Tuesday for a discussion of public policy issues impacting commercial real estate development along the Front Range. Moderated by Krista Kafer, Denver Post columnist and adjunct professor of communication at Regis University, NAIOP Colorado hosted a public policy forum, Point/Counterpoint, to …

Affordable Housing Under Construction in Stapleton (Updated)
DENVER — A groundbreaking will be held on Friday, April 6 for a new affordable and healthy-living development in Denver’s Bluff Lake Neighborhood of the Stapleton Development. Cuningham Group Architecture, Inc. (Cuningham Group®) partnered on the 180-unit with its client, Northeast Denver Housing Center. Moline at Stapleton is a public-private development …

Groundbreaking: 252-unit Affordable Housing Development in Denver
DENVER — Today, Dominium, a Minneapolis-based owner, operator, and developer of multi-family rental properties with regional headquarters in Denver, broke ground on East Range Crossings, an affordable housing development that will be built near the 61st and Peña A Line station in northeast Denver. Mayor Michael Hancock, Councilwoman Stacie Gilmore, and Mark …

Affordable Housing Bill Passes House Finance Committee
View here On Monday, a bipartisan bill that extends a program that gives tax credits to developers for building affordable housing units, passed the House Finance Committee with a vote of 10-3. The bill will next need to be approved by the House Appropriations Committee. According to CHFA, the program has helped create more …

Palace Construction Selected for Affordable Housing Development in Boulder
BOULDER — Boulder Housing Partner (BHP), the Housing Authority for the City of Boulder has selected General Contractor Palace Construction, to construct their latest affordable housing development, Red Oak Park II. Boulder-based Coburn Architecture will work with Palace Construction to expand Boulder’s existing Red Oak Park community. The multifamily residential development will produce roughly 40 affordable housing units for …

The Lydian Apartments in Five Points Begin Leasing
DENVER – Leasing efforts are officially underway for The Lydian, an eight-story mixed-use development at 26th and Welton, in downtown Denver’s historic Five Points neighborhood at 2590 Welton Street. The leasing office will be located in The Wheatley apartment building at 530 25th Street, as construction continues on the $50 million project that will include …

$12.9M Affordable Housing Project to Break Ground in Aurora
AURORA – Housing nonprofit Brothers Redevelopment Inc., will break ground on Wednesday, March 21, on Paris Family Apartments, a 39-unit apartment community for families at 1702 Paris St. The $12.9 million project fulfills a longtime goal of the City of Aurora’s comprehensive plan for affordable family housing. Paris Family Apartments is designed to …

Lack of Affordable Housing Tops List of Concerns for Denverites
DENVER — A public opinion poll conducted last month on behalf of All In Denver, a non-profit public advocacy organization that focuses on urban sustainability issues reveals that Denver’s high-cost housing market is the most pressing local concern, and that voters are supportive of increasing local funding for solutions to the housing …