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A t the former Lowry Air Force Base on the eastern fringe of Denver, flight operations ceased in 1965, long before the base officially closed in 1994. A half-century after the last training flight took off here, the end of Runway One relaunched as Boulevard One. The 70-acre, mixed-use development represents the final phase of the planned build-out at Lowry, with more than 100 single-family homes, 250 attached homes, 420 apartments and 100 con- dominiums, including the newMet at Boulevard One. The new 90-unit condominium project emblematic of the evolution of Lowry, says Nathan Sciarra, principal at KTGY Architecture + Plan- ning inDenver and one of the architects on the project. “I think there’s an urban sense in Boulevard One you won’t find much in the rest of Lowry, and I think it’s a great way to cap off what we’ve seen develop throughout the years,” he says. “There’s a good mixed-use component to what Boulevard One is doing. You’ve got higher-density rental units as well as the condos, townhomes and houses. It’s just a good blend of activity.” Sciarra says residential and commercial were traditionally bifur- cated in Lowry prior to Boulevard One. “It’s more of an urban-design, modern-day, Main Street-type of feel that you have at Boulevard One,” he says.