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Page 38 — COLORADO REAL ESTATE JOURNAL — May 6-May 19, 2015
Construction, Design & Engineering News
Adolfson & Peterson Con-
struction hosted a luau-style
celebration to mark the sym-
bolic placement of the last steel
beam on the 11-story CoBank
Center.
“This is a key milestone
illustrating the success of a
really collaborative and cohe-
sive team. A lot of time in this
industry, we don’t stop to cel-
ebrate milestones. We’ve been
very deliberate on this project
to do that,” said A&P Senior
Project Manager Dennis Dis-
ney.
The CoBank Center is a Class
A build-to-suit office complex
located in Greenwood Village.
This 296,000-square-foot build-
ing, which includes a six-level
precast parking structure to
accommodate 950 cars, is tar-
geting LEED Silver certification.
A&P is the construction man-
ager and general contractor
working with long-time design
partners, Davis Partnership, to
ensure the building represents
an optimal blend of innovative
design and long-term opera-
tional performance, according to
A&P. The tenant improvement
portion of the project is being
designed by RNL.
CoBank Center is being jointly
developed by Shea Properties
and CoBank, which has exe-
cuted a long-term lease for the
entire building. JLL is serving as
the owner’s representative for
the tenant improvement portion
of the project.
Davis and RNL, along with
other members of the overall
design team, including SAMiro,
MKK Consulting Engineers and
ME Engineers, were present to
celebrate the topping out. Key
project subcontractors to date
include Diamond Excavating,
McClone Construction Compa-
ny, Rocky Mountain Prestress,
Harmon Glass, Zimkor, Rapid
Fire, Trautman & Shreve and
Encore Electric.
The project’s core and shell
enclosure will be complete at
the end of June, with full cer-
tificate of occupancy planned for
November.s
Rowland+Broughton Archi-
tecture and Urban Design was
selected by Matsuhisa Denver
LLC as architect and interior
design partner for the new
Matsuhisa Denver in the Cher-
ry Creek North neighborhood.
Located in the Steele Creek
multiuse development at
the corner of First Avenue
and Steele Street, the new
7,800-square-foot restaurant
will be the third in Colorado
featuring the cuisine of inter-
nationally renowned chef
Nobuyuki “Nobu” Matsuhisa.
It will join Matsuhisa Aspen
and Matsuhisa Vail.
“We are honored to have
been selected to participate in
this world-class project,” said
Rowland+Broughton Prin-
cipal Sarah Broughton, AIA.
“Matsuhisa Aspen is across
the street from our Aspen stu-
dio, and we dine and entertain
clients there frequently. As a
result, we have developed a
unique understanding of how
the restaurant operates in rela-
tion to every detail, from man-
agement to customer service to
menu design.
“Both our Aspen and Den-
ver teams are thrilled to help
thread Matsuhisa’s unique
energy and culture from the
mountains into the city. Cus-
tomized for the Denver clien-
tele and Cherry Creek space,
the restaurant will surely allow
diners to enjoy incomparable
sensory and culinary experi-
ences in a one-of-a-kind set-
ting.”
Architecture and interior
design plans are being con-
sidered for timeless, elegant
decor that will incorporate
natural materials within
an approachable, flowing
environment, according to
Rowland+Broughton. The set-
ting will reflect the James Beard
Award-winning chef’s balance
of modern and authentic sen-
sibilities. Opening is scheduled
for the end of 2015.
The firm also was selected to
develop the interiors of a new
Limelight Hotel in Ketchum,
Idaho, to be built by Aspen Ski-
ing Co. near Sun Valley’s River
Run base at Bald Mountain.
Modeled after Aspen Ski-
ing Co.'s successful Limelight
Hotel in Aspen, for which
Rowland+Broughton has
recently completed a full inte-
rior design program, plans for
the new Limelight include 108
hotel rooms and suites, open-
plan public spaces and 14 free
market residential units.
The project start is planned
for this summer with com-
pletion slated for ski season
2016.s
The building is expected to receive a full certificate of occupancy in
November.
Adolfson & Peterson hosted a luau-style celebration to mark the symbolic
placement of the last steel beam on the building.
be part of the West today?”
Hittle gave attendees a high-
level view of the redevelop-
ment. Plans include covering
two large sewer pipes that run
on the east side of the river
so people will have access to
the river for educational pur-
poses, new vehicular roads,
a livestock center, equestrian
center, sports medicine facility,
new expo hall for trade shows,
new arena and coliseum and
a Colorado State University
building that will house art col-
lections and classroom spaces.
The most aggressive sus-
tainable goal in the plan is
creating net zero energy, water
and waste for the site, Hittle
noted. It will include diverting
allowable waste from the site,
reducing greenhouse gases and
exploring district-scale rating
systems.
“The site is 240 acres and
is going to be under one man-
agement company so there’s
a great opportunity for us to
think about closed loop sys-
tems,” Hittle remarked.
As what is currently a major
development and construction
project for the city of Denver,
and for what will be a major
tourist attraction for locals as
well as out-of-town guests, the
National Western project is
unique in involving citizens in
the decision-making process
through the use of a Citizens
Advisory Council, noted
Sonrisa Lucero, sustainabil-
ity strategist for the city and
county of Denver.
“In a lot of the sustainability
work that we do, we tend to
focus on energy and water and
the environmental protection
side of things, but we really
need to remember social equity
as well,” Lucero said. She also
raised challenges that the proj-
ect is addressing, noting that
if a city wants a construction
project to benefit the surround-
ing neighborhoods, residents
need to able to provide input
on how they want their neigh-
borhood to look and know that
this will benefit them greatly
as well.
“We’re trying to create a
very porous boundary with the
National Western. Right now it
looks like a separate campus,”
she said. “It’s not an inviting
place.”
Just one example of the ben-
efits the new development will
bring to the depressed indus-
trial area are plans to focus the
planned community hub on
agriculture and food, situated
in what is currently considered
a “food desert” with very little
healthy, nutritious and locally
sourced food options.
In addition to the National
Western Center rebuild and
the revitalization of the South
Platte River, Lucero touched
on some of the most important
projects underway in the city
of Denver: the reconstruc-
tion of I-70, the addition of a
new light-rail system south
of the highway and Brighton
Boulevard redevelopment proj-
ect, which she sees transform-
ing Brighton Boulevard into
a new gateway to the city of
Denver.
Lucero said she was
impressed by the way
Coloradans reacted to the
sustainability goals in these
projects. “One thing I’ve been
really encouraged by is the
number of people throughout
the city who are really focused
and keyed in on these issues.”
Looking forward, she cred-
ited Colorado’s record of sus-
tainability with attracting new
big businesses to the area. For
example, Panasonic recently
chose Denver over 22 other
U.S. cities to build its new inno-
vation hub.s
of projects, including the El
Paso County Downtown Cam-
pus Expansion, THR Judicial
South and West Tower Renova-
tion projects, and minimum-
and maximum-security deten-
tion facilities among many
other notable projects.
His wide range of experience
and expertise includes strate-
gic planning, programming,
energy management, construc-
tion and project management
as well as hazardous material
abatement. He has also been
instrumental in managing and
maintaining 2.5 million square
feet of building space owned
by the county.s
Morris “Mo” Stein, FAIA,
FACHA, principal and senior
vice president, was promoted
to regional director for the
Mountain States offices of HKS
Inc.
Stein will maintain his posi-
tion on the HKS Management
Council. As regional director,
Stein will manage the overall
growth and
efforts of the
architectural
design firm’s
Phoenix, Salt
Lake City
and Denver
offices.
He will
coordinate
with each
office’s
respective leadership to help
drive growth of HKS’ impact
within eight Mountain Region
states.s
Morris Stein
ʻCustomized for the
Denver clientele and
Cherry Creek space,
the restaurant will
surely allow diners to
enjoy incomparable
sensory and
culinary experiences
in a one-of-a-
kind setting.ʼ
– Sarah Broughton,
Rowland+Broughton