June 15-July 5, 2016 —
COLORADO REAL ESTATE JOURNAL
— Page 29
Construction, Design & Engineering News
Richman-Ascension Develop-
ment retained Davis Partner-
ship Architects to design a new
LEED Silver certified apartment
project. The three-building, 273-
unit development is located at
28th Avenue and Vallejo Street,
on the former site of Denver
Public Schools’ Contemporary
Learning Academy. The devel-
opment, known as Infinity
LoHi, will be within two blocks
of some of Denver’s hottest new
restaurants and bars in LoHi,
with easy walking access to Riv-
erfront Park and Lower Down-
town.
The largest of the three build-
ings is located on the southern
parcel, with expansive views
of downtown. This building is
situated on a sloping site and its
height varies from five to six sto-
ries. On the northern blocks, two
separate buildings ranging from
three to four stories in height
will step down in elevation to
create a building scale sensitive
to the adjacent residential neigh-
borhood. The buildings align
with street frontages to create
a consistent form and rhythm
compatible with the urban con-
text.
Each building will have its
own below-grade parking, with
common access to the main
amenities courtyard located on
the larger site. Amenity features
include anoutdoor pool, hot tub,
fire pits, water features, built-
in seating, landscape planters
and gas grills. Indoor amenities
include a leasing office, confer-
ence room, fitness, yoga room,
bar/lounge, and common coffee
bar with open seating areas.
The first phase of construc-
tion is expected to be complete
by summer 2017. Davis Partner-
ship is providing architecture,
landscape architecture, interior
design, lighting design and sig-
nage design services for the
project. Milender White is the
general contractor.
Another Davis Partnership
project is underway, the 60-unit
supportive housing/multifam-
ily residential building for the
Mental Health Center of Den-
ver. The 50,400-square-foot resi-
dential building is based on the
housing-first model and targets
chronically homeless individu-
als. Denueve Construction is the
general contractor. The project
is designed to create a nurturing
and healing environment while
utilizing the principles of trau-
ma informed care. Wider-than-
typical hallways with views to
the exterior landscape, natu-
ral light, multiple and varied
sightlines, spaces to meet, talk,
retreat, contemplate, interact,
and commune offer a balance
to the efficient yet comfortable
425-sf dwelling units, according
to Joseph M. Lear, AIA, LEED
AP, associate principal, Davis
Partnership Architects.
The exterior landscape
including a resident’s garden,
safe courtyard and gazebo also
offers a variety of spaces and
activities to contribute to the
health and well-being of the
residents.
The construction cost is
$10.9 million and the building
is scheduled to open in June
2017.
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Infinity LoHi apartments will be within blocks of downtown Denver’s restaurants.
Jeffco Public Schools and archi-
tect Hord Coplan Macht broke
ground for the new K-8 school at
Candelas in Arvada. This marks
Jeffco Public Schools’ first new
construction project in the past 10
years and will support the ongo-
ing growth of the area.
The new K-8 school at Cande-
las is being designed on a 10-acre
site and will be approximately
100,000 square feet. The school
will serve students from kinder-
garten through eighth grade in
the Candelas neighborhood in
Arvada. GH Phipps has been
selected as general contractor for
the project, estimated at $25 mil-
lion.
“We are thrilled to be work-
ing with Jeffco Public Schools
on the K-8 school at Candelas,”
said Adele Willson, principal,
Hord Coplan Macht. “It is being
designed as a neighborhood
school that will serve as a com-
munity amenity and a model for
future Jeffco schools with break-
out spaces for student collabora-
tion, a learning commons and
intentional connections to the
outdoors.”
The remaining 15-acre site
adjacent to the new school will
be considered for future devel-
opment, giving Jeffco Public
Schools flexibility for future pro-
grams and buildings.
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Semple Brown designed
Boulder-based
Crestone
Capital
Advisors’
new
17,867-square-foot headquar-
ters space. The award-winning
investment management and
wealth advisory services firm
will relocate from 1050 Walnut
St. to Boulder’s new PearlWest
Building at 1048 Pearl St., the
former Boulder Daily Camera
building.
The Nichols Partnership
approached Crestone when it
became available for redevel-
opment.
“Downtown Boulder has
become an epicenter for entre-
preneurs and Crestone will
continue to play an integral
role in supporting the collec-
tive entrepreneurial communi-
ty,” said Crestone’s Ross Hol-
brook, director of real estate
and special projects. “Since the
majority of Crestone clients
are entrepreneurs, and Boul-
der has the highest ‘high-tech
density’ of any metro area in
the U.S., we wanted a space
that would serve both Cres-
tone and our collective net-
work, so we turned to Mary
Kay Sunset at Semple Brown
to bring our vision to life.”
To respond to Crestone’s
high-net-worth clients’ expec-
tations and their specialized
needs, Semple Brown worked
Semple Brown
Crestone Capital Advisors will move into Boulder’s PearlWest Building.
‘It is being
designed as a
neighborhood
school that
will serve as
a community
amenity.’
– Adele Wilson,
Hord Coplan Macht
