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Page 28 - April 5-18, 2017 Colorado Real Estate Journal
Construction, Design & Engineering
Vertix Builders has announced
the topping out of the
140,000-square-foot Flight office
building on the Taxi campus in
River North. Flight is the latest
addition to Zeppelin Develop-
ment’s burgeoning mixed-use
campus, home to Boa Technol-
ogy and also includes space for
dozens of other growing and
prospering companies.
“We achieved the topping
out of Flight on time and on
budget, and we’re looking for-
ward to a successful comple-
tion of the new international
headquarters for Boa Techol-
ogy,” said Ryan Bonner, presi-
dent of Vertix Builders.
“The entire Vertix team
has been a pleasure to work
with,” said Kyle Zeppelin of
Zeppelin Development. “The
Vertix company culture and
work style complements and
enhances our work. A sane,
predictable and fun business
relationship is hard to find
in Denver’s construction mar-
ket. Our development com-
pany has a number of proj-
ects under construction, and
Vertix has set a high mark for
what’s possible. We’re look-
ing forward to working with
them on more projects in the
future.”
The office building will be
home to Denver-based Boa
Technology, a leading inno-
vator of purpose-built clo-
sure and adjustment systems.
Flight is located at 3575 Rings-
by Court, part of the mixed-
use Taxi community. Among
its design-forward and envi-
ronmentally conscious fea-
tures, Flight boasts one of the
city’s largest private green
roofs, a 135-kilowatt photo-
voltaic solar array and is tar-
geting LEED Platinum certi-
fication from the U.S. Green
Building Council.
With the addition of Flight,
Taxi will be home to one of
the largest single-tenant office
spaces in the RiNo neighbor-
hood. Designed by Dynia
Architects, the project will
house not only typical office
functions, but also a research-
and-development department
with full engineering capa-
bilities. Boa’s space features
dynamic amenities such as
a two-story atrium, outdoor
meeting spaces and a 100-bike
storage facility. s
SG Blocks Inc., a designer,
innovator and fabricator of
container-based structures,
announced the completion and
execution of several projects
across the U.S.
The world’s first container-
based Taco Bell has opened,
located in SouthGate, California.
The five-module, 1,080-square-
foot restaurant, developed by SG
Blocks, was previously a pop-up
Taco Bell at the 2015 South by
Southwest Conference & Fes-
tivals in Austin, Texas. Alvara-
do Restaurant Group, part of
Alvarado Cos., is the franchise
owner for the Taco Bell in South
Gate. SG Blocks partnered with
Alvarado Construction Inc. to
install the Taco Bell at its new,
permanent location.s
Radisson announced the
opening of Radisson Hotel
Denver Central, located at
4849 Bannock St. The hotel has
undergone a significant reno-
vation that includes enhance-
ments to the lobby, guest
rooms, fitness center, bar area
and pool. Colorado Hospitality
Services Inc., owned by Bruce
Rahmani, served as general
contractor while Tryba Archi-
tects provided exterior design
and Design Associates pro-
vided interior design. Rahmani
also owns this hotel property.
“We are excited to welcome
this recently renovated hotel
to our growing portfolio,” said
Rich Flores, vice president of
operations for Radisson in the
Americas.
The 220-room hotel offers
standard executive guest rooms
as well as one- and two-bed-
room suites, some with private
patios. The hotel also offers
3,000 square feet of meeting
space that can accommodate a
wide array of events from busi-
ness meetings to social func-
tions.
The hotel provides guests
with access to free Wi-Fi, a
fitness center, business center,
complimentary parking and
shuttle to downtown Denver,
along with a spacious court-
yard with an outdoor swim-
ming pool and whirlpool. s
Vertix Builders topped out Flight in River North.
Alvarado Construction installed a container-based Taco Bell in California.
Vertix Builders was selected
by Allante Properties to build
the Emerson Place Apart-
ments in downtown Denver.
The $15 million development
will include 85 micro-apart-
ments, addressing a growing
demand for small-sized and
more affordable apartments
in downtown.
“This will be our second
project for Allante. We’re
now underway with Ten-
nyson Place Apartments in
the Highlands, which will
be completed this spring,
and we’re looking forward
to helping them deliver this
newest micro-apartment proj-
ect,” said Ryan Bonner, presi-
dent of Vertix Builders, which
includes a team of construc-
tion professionals who have
delivered over $1 billion in
projects.
Construction began last
month and completion is slat-
ed for May 2018. s
Emerson Place Apartments will include 85 micro-apartments.
Pinkard Construction and
partners architect TreanorHL
and Carl Walker Parking Con-
sultants were recently awarded
a 2016 Design-Build Institute
of America Award for Design
Excellence in the Rocky Moun-
tain Region. This challenging
project, Pinkard's 14th on the
Colorado State University’s Fort
Collins campus, is a $15 mil-
lion, four-story, 664-car parking
structure. The finished product
helps manage a busy and con-
gested section of CSU's cam-
pus while maintaining its
trademark midcentury modern
international style architecture.
While CSU’s robust bridg-
ing documents described a
base bid structure and sev-
eral additive alternates, the
Pinkard/TreanorHL team was
able to offer several creative
solutions including relocation
of the southwest stair core for
improved site circulation; an
increase in the structural bay
sizes; and the addition of a
“Mondrian-patterned” precast
element for design variety and
cost savings over a stone clad
wall. As a result of these and
other innovations, CSU saved
$462,000 and incorporated all
add-alternates. s
Design Associates designed the Radisson Hotel Denver Central’s lobby.
The 220-room hotel
offers standard
executive guest
rooms as well
as one- and two-
bedroom suites.