
Six Transformational City Center Projects Honored by Downtown Denver Partnership
DENVER – The Downtown Denver Partnership presented six awards to transformational projects in Downtown Denver that contribute to an economically healthy, growing and vital city center, at the 56th Annual Downtown Denver Awards Dinner, sponsored by Polsinelli. The honorees, selected by a jury of key business leaders convened by the Downtown …

Dairy Block’s Pedestrian Alley Poised to Transform LoDo
View here According to the development team behind LoDo’s Dairy Block — McWhinney, Sage and Grand American — an innovative new pedestrian alley that will run through the center of Dairy Block, bounded by 18th, 19th, Wazee and Blake streets, will be lined with restaurants, bars and retail storefronts. Inspired by the urban alleys …

Two Innovative Tech Companies Sign Leases at Summit at Colorado Technology Center
DENVER – Two ingenious research and development companies have signed leases at the new industrial/flex development Summit at Colorado Technology Center, a new development bringing Class A industrial space to small-bay users in Boulder County — a market seeing a lot of demand but not a lot of development. The …

Bindery on Blake and Backyard on Blake Join Forces to Keep Artists in RiNo
DENVER – The Bindery on Blake, an adaptive reuse project in the heart of the River North Art District (RiNo) has leased space from the Backyard on Blake to keep affordable artist studios in the RiNo neighborhood. Bindery on Blake, located at 2901 Blake St. and 2875 Blake St., is currently home to …

Punch Bowl Social Taking Experiential Restaurant to New Heights
View here Denver’s growing-chain Punch Bowl Social, which combines table and arcade games, karaoke and bowling with its scratch kitchens, is nearing completion on the redevelopment of the former Stapleton air traffic control tower in Denver. The new 15,000-square-foot restaurant is set to open this summer. Stapleton will also serve as the …

McWhinney Acquires the Hyatt House DIA
DENVER — McWHINNEY, a Colorado-based real estate investor and developer with expertise in mixed-use, commercial, multi-family and hospitality assets, is pleased to announce that it recently expanded its hospitality portfolio with the acquisition of the 123-room Hyatt House Denver Airport Hotel. Denver’s Sage Hospitality will manage the property. The purchase price …

Pharmaceutical Firm Planning Colorado Expansion
View here Tolmar Inc., a pharmaceutical company based in Fort Collins, who make drugs targeting prostate cancer and dermatology, has plans to add a 225,000-square-foot manufacturing and administrative site to its Windsor facility. Sampson Construction has successsfully provided construction services on the TOLMAR, Inc. campus located in Windsor, Colorado since August 2012. …

Vertix Builders Awarded “General Contractor of the Year”
DENVER — Vertix Builders, Inc. has been recognized as the General Contractor of the Year, a prestigious industry award presented by the American Subcontractor Association of Colorado (ASA of Colorado). The award is presented to the general contracting company that runs an efficient jobsite; is a reliable partner, schedules efficiently and treats their …

Industry RiNo Station Signs First Three Tenants
DENVER — INDUSTRY RiNo Station, a new 152,000 square foot office project in the River North (“RiNo”) neighborhood of Denver developed by Q Factor, has secured three signature tenants totaling approximately 30,000 SF. With approximately 30 percent of the leasable areas spoken for, RiNo Station is on-schedule to open in November of …

Formativ Purchases Blake St. Property for $13.84M
View here Formativ, the developers of the World Trade Center at 38th Avenue and Blake Street in RiNo, have purchased more property at 28th and Blake streets for $13.84M. Image Courtesy of Gtj82 – Own work, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.