I’m not sure what the reason was, but this weekend a helicopter did some very low and very slow circles over Riverfront Park and Commons Park. [Read more →]

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Wow, this was one incredible Fourth of July and there was no more exciting place to be than the Glass House.

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“You know what that is?” the man walking towards me on Little Raven stated.

“What what is?” I responded, unsure of what this gregarious dude with a huge grin on his face was talking about. [Read more →]

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A sign in the Glass House says the pool opens March 30th.

Can’t you tell?

We got more snow. Uh… yeah??  At least it helps our water supply.

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This is old news, but I was out of town and everyone is buzzing about this article in the Denver Business Journal. Trammell Crow has acquired some of the land around Prospect Park and are putting in some luxury apartments. How hot is that.

Loosely translated, there are going to be alot more bodies living downtown. This influx of people contributes to what I call the positive spiral. You have heard of the death spiral, where one bad thing leads to another. The positive spiral is just the opposite of that… all things positive.

More people move in to Denver.

More Restaurants want to be there, better restaurants compete to come in.

More shops, amenities, activities, etc. all move in as well.

And then of course more people want to move in to dowtown Denver.

Shake, stir and repeat…

Rental project coming near Ajax Lofts
The Denver Business Journal - 5:25 PM MST Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Developers plan to build an “upscale rental project” on about five acres of land near the Ajax Lofts, a largely undeveloped neighborhood directly west of Coors Field, according to details of a recent letter sent to nearby homeowners by Urban Neighborhoods Inc.

Homeowners are invited to a “design meeting” for the new project at 6 p.m. March 7.

Trammell Crow Residential has the property under contract, according to the letter. A Trammell Crow representative didn’t return calls for comment. The property previously was part of a plan to build a live/work residential neighborhood next to the existing Ajax Lofts near 20th and Inca streets.

“Costs … have escalated by more than 30 percent, making further timely development a challenge,” according to the letter, which asks recipients to contact Jack or Dana Crawford with any questions. Dana Crawford owns Urban Neighborhoods, a development and real estate company. Crawford didn’t return a call for comment.

“Based on stagnant sales prices and escalating costs, Prospect Place, as originally conceived, is no longer buildable. At the same time, the apartment market has improved dramatically,” the letter said.

The land is currently zoned for high-density development. It’s less than a one-half mile to Union Station, where several other condominium projects have been completed recently, including the 23-story Glass House project at the corner of 18th and Little Raven streets.

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What is a view worth? I thought it would be worth quite a bit and it looks like that turned out to be correct. In the past 24 hours two more units came on the resales market with great views. One of them would have been a very high floor city and mountain corner two bedroom and the other a very high floor one bedroom with mountain views. [Read more →]

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I popped by Land Title today and took this photo from the windows at the closing table. This cracks me up because Land Title is the company handling all the Glass House Closings.  So every person who is sitting down for their closing can check out their own contribution to the skyline while they sign the final docs.  Nice.
There has been so much discussion about how the view from Glass House is incredible, I thought it was interesting to see how this view looking at Glass House had gotten that much cooler as well.

Gotta Love it!

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Last night was a wonderful party in the Glass House lounge. New residents who have moved in got a chance to meet, enjoy the newly created Glass House Martini or glass of wine, and eat sushi or other tasty treats.

A small group of us ended up outside by the Fire Pit, which I have never seen lit before. This is such a terrific spot for relaxing with the city views. There is just something about sharing stories and laughter around a fire that feels right. Maybe we have never evolved from the cavemen and sitting around the fire is in our most basic instincts.

Either way, it rocks.

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The Central Platte Valley Metropolitan District approved funding for the new pedestrian bridge across 18th street so it is only a matter of time before this becomes a reality. If you look at the beautiful pedestrian bridge that connects at 16th with the integration into the Promenade building it is only logical to assume that the upcoming groundbreaking of the City House building will kick off some sort of movement for this bridge to begin as well.

Residents of Glass House are going to really love this access point as it creates the newest access point for the city. I am looking forward to a short cut for a sunny afternoon Rockies game. But don’t get your hopes up yet, with the time it takes to complete and the infrastructure that still has to be added for the street scape in that area it will probably be some time before you can walk across. Perhaps if City House wraps up in 2009 then the bridge will be ready at the same time. One can only hope.

Either way this is one more pedestrian bridge addition that is make Denver even better. Maybe not as exciting as the Pedestrian bridge over I-25 connecting the Highlands and Riverfront, but still cool.

Anyone have any idea what it will look like?

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This was a fun Wall Street Journal article to read about the “young homesteaders” who are moving into fringe neighborhoods, making them their own, and turning them into some of the greatest spots of their city to live in.

While Denver is not the same as these other cities, and thankfully our crime is more manageable, the point of the article rings true. Riverfront Park and the Central Platte Valley were much different only a decade ago. Today they are one of the safest and most wonderful neighborhoods to live and spend time in.

Granted, the master HOA funding of off duty police officers paved the way for an almost immediate change to make the area one of the safest in Denver, but more importantly the influx of residents who made the area their home and put “eyes on the street” really have done the biggest change. And just imagine what will happen with the next 389 units in Glass House followed by all the other exciting developments.

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