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July 1-July 14, 2015 — COLORADO REAL ESTATE JOURNAL — Page 27
Construction, Design & Engineering News
Subcontractors, members
of the design team, developer
Corporex Colorado, Turner
Construction Co. employees
and representatives from the
city of Aurora recently celebrat-
ed the topping out of the antici-
pated Hyatt Hotel and Confer-
ence Center in Aurora.
The Fitzsimons Village Hyatt
Hotel and Conference Cen-
ter project is a 10-story hotel,
which will feature 249 guest
rooms, a full-service restaurant
and pool. The 30,000-square-
foot conference center will fea-
ture a large ballroom and sev-
eral meeting rooms of various
sizes.
The development is locat-
ed just off Interstate 225 on
the south side of East Colfax
Avenue and will bring needed
amenities to the rapidly grow-
ingAnschutzMedical Campus.
The hotel and conference
center was designed by TAAG
Architects of Denver. The proj-
ect is set for completion during
the first quarter of 2016.s
The Fitzsimons Village Hyatt Hotel and Conference Center project is a 10-story hotel, which will feature
249 guest rooms, a full-service restaurant and pool.
Evergreen Development recent-
ly completed Outlook Littleton,
a 250-unit apartment community
located at the corner of West Min-
eralAvenue and South Platte Can-
yon Road in Littleton.
Kephart was the architect for
Outlook Littleton, for which Rand
Construction Corp. was the con-
tractor. Building and Land Tech-
nology out of Stamford, Connecti-
cut, is Evergreen Development’s
equity partner.
The community, one of three
multifamily development proj-
ects Evergreen has underway in
the Denver area, also includes
10,000 square feet of retail space.
The retail component features a
Dunkin Donuts drive-thru loca-
tion and Subway sandwich shop.
KingWine&Liquor store is under
construction with plans to open
this summer. With a few retail
spaces left, Evergreen Develop-
ment is targeting a salon/spa,
national hair styling chain and a
local restaurant. A separate build-
ing on the corner will be a Little
Sunshine’s Playhouse & Pre-
school.
The sustainable community
features one- and two-bedroom
apartments with high-quality fin-
ishes such as granite countertops
and faux wood flooring, a resort-
style swimming pool and hot tub,
community garden, billiards, a
running track and detached, pri-
vate garages.s An interior look at the common area at Outlook Littleton.
Turner Construction Co.
recently was awarded a con-
tract to perform extensive ren-
ovations to the 245,971-square-
foot Boulder High School.
Originally constructed in
1937, Boulder High School will
undergo a series of interior,
exterior and site improvements.
Exterior building improve-
ments include repair/replace-
ment of windows, doors, roof
and paint and repair of stone-
work.
Interior improvements
include renovations to the
backstage area and dressing
rooms, band area, kitchen, caf-
eteria and restrooms.
The project also includes the
repair/replacement of interior
doors, HVAC, communications
systems and fixtures such as
casework and stage rigging.
Improvements to interior fin-
ishes such as curtains, ceilings,
carpet, flooring and paint and
asbestos abatement also will be
performed.
Health and physical devel-
opment improvements will
consist of stadium renovations,
including bleachers, track and
turf, field house, multipurpose
fitness room, modernization of
the weight room and tennis
court repair.
Safety and security improve-
ments include the redesign of
the main entry to provide more
control over visitor access,
installation of intercom secu-
rity system, replacement/
addition of exterior cameras,
installation of electronic secu-
rity controls and installation of
security partitions.
Sustainability initiatives
include upgrades to light-
ing and HVAC controls and
replacement of an aged boiler
with a more efficient condens-
ing type. Site improvements
will include fencing, drainage
and paving.
Preconstruction began in
June with construction to com-
mence summer 2016. Boulder
High School is located at 1604
Arapahoe Ave. in Boulder.s
Construction is underway
on a 16-story speculative
office building in the south-
east submarket.
Owner Prime West Devel-
opment Inc. broke ground in
June on One Belleview Sta-
tion, a 317,000-square-foot
building part of Belleview Sta-
tion, a 42-acre transit-oriented
development at the northwest
corner of Interstate 25 and East
BelleviewAvenue in Denver.
The project will employ a
collaborative and integrated
design and delivery team
between Gensler, the design
architect, The Weitz Co., the
contractor, and the owner.
One Belleview Station,
which will feature office,
retail and residential space,
is expected to be complete by
fall 2016.
The building’s ground level
will be activated by its retail
function and integration into
the program of neighboring
retail and residential blocks,
according to Gensler. A dedi-
cated auto drop-off zone
along with a direct pedestrian
path to the adjacent light-rail
station provide the exterior
link to a 21st century office
building lobby that fosters col-
laborative work areas, service
amenities and informational
media zones, the firm added.
The LEED Gold project uti-
lizes a precast structural sys-
tem, which will allow for an
“animated and lively” articu-
lation of façade panels to take
full advantage of Denver’s
abundant sunlight. As well,
the high contrast of precast
concrete color tones allow for
an expressive movement of
folding ribbons vertically and
horizontally across the build-
ing facade, mimicking the
movement and speed of the
adjacent rail line and inter-
state, said Gensler.s
One Belleview Station will include a precast structural system, allow-
ing for “animated and lively” articulation of façade panels.
The ground level of the building will be activated by its retail func-
tion, according to Gensler.
The sustainable community
features one- and two-
bedroom apartments with
high-quality finishes such
as granite countertops and
faux wood flooring.