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/ BUILDING DIALOGUE / JUNE 2017

Today Towers II and III are rising from the site, while Tower I and most of

the remaining Gardens buildings remain occupied. Swinerton Builders is at

the helm in a construction manager/general contractor delivery with Chica-

go-based architects SCB leading design.

“From a design and constructability perspective, precisely planning the lay-

out of the building’s floor plates according to the sawtooth pattern was criti-

cal,” shares Swinerton Senior Project Manager Sam Hosfelt. “We worked with

the designers during preconstruction to figure out the right dimensions and

continued to make modifications within the first few floors of construction to

ensure we built what Broe envisioned.” The sawtooth floor plates also meant

that the man lifts used on the project had to be inserted within the building’s

core rather than routed along the exterior since the lift wouldn’t be able to

scale the towers’ jagged edges.

Logistically, there have been some minor neighborhood challenges. The per-

ception of a 32-story high-rise being intrusive among three- and four-story

apartment buildings and the neighborhood’s famous single-family bunga-

lows had to be overcome. As developers know, enhancing the neighborhood is

the simplest way to quell discontent. On Country Club Towers II and III, a big

part of the community give will be in alleviating some of the area’s parking

congestion. The new parking garage holds nearly a thousand vehicles and,

combined with the parking in Tower I, it will account for the entire Coun-

try Club Gardens superblock’s parking needs. For construction, Swinerton has

parked upward of 800 people working on the project each day off-site and

shuttled workers in to reduce neighborhood traffic and parking space com-

petition. They have also used the seven-floor garage as lay-down, staging and

workshop space to great benefit during construction. Broe’s efforts to mini-

mize the impact to local residents included working with the city of Denver

to have a new traffic signal installed at the intersection of East Bayaud and

Downing, which had long been difficult in many directions.

“There is a lot of multifamily being built, but Country Club Towers II and III

are utterly unique,” says Armer. “It’s a million square feet of high-end apart-

ments that is five minutes from everywhere and has panoramic views from

every unit. It’s a high-density property integrated into a low-density neighbor-

hood without being a disruption.”

RIGHT:

Among the amenities residents will

enjoy, a glass of wine beside the fire

pit on a crisp fall evening watching

the sun set over the Rockies sounds

like a great way to wrap up a day.

FAR RIGHT:

As construction races toward

completion, Towers II and III strive

to be good neighbors, contributing

abundant structured parking to the

Country Club Garden residents to

decrease neighborhood congestion.

“The de-

velopment of

Country Club

Towers II and

III in Denver

is a step for-

ward in Broe’s

commitment to

both the Denver

market as well

as to the over-

all growth of our

multifamily port-

folio,” says Walter

Armer, vice president of develop-

ment for Broe Real Estate Group.

“While we see some potential for

market turbulence in the near

term due to oversupply, we believe

that Denver is well positioned over

the long term for strength in the

multifamily space, especially for

thoughtfully designed projects.”

Armer is responsible for all prop-

erty development activities and

also oversees asset management of

the multifamily portfolio.

Headquartered in Denver, Broe

Group currently has some $40 bil-

lion in assets configured in five

lines of business across 28 states.

The multibillion-dollar portfolio

includes real estate, transporta-

tion, energy, and investment assets

managed by a team of more than

1,000 Broe employees all commit-

ted to long-term value and sus-

tainable growth.

Over more than four decades of

success across Colorado, Broe has

had leadership roles in the devel-

opment of suchnotable landmarks

as The Tabor Center, Denver Union

Station, 1700 Broadway and a large

land assemblage inWest Vail today

knows as Eagle Vail.

Broe Group

/ Upside: Country Club Towers /

Walter Armer

Vice

president,

Broe Real

Estate

Group