Colorado Real Estate Journal - March 18, 2015
25th & Larimer fashioned 29 reclaimed shipping containers into 8,200 square feet of creative retail and office space. Gravitas Development Group enlisted branding experts to cultivate local tenants specializing in innovative products. These include Cart-Driver, an Italian eatery specializing in wood-fired pizzas and oysters; Huckleberry Roasters, a coffee and café concept from the Denver-based high-end coffee roaster; and Work & Class, a restaurant serving roasted, braised and rotisserie meats sold by weight. Service and retail tenants include Colorado-based outdoor apparel and equipment company Topo Designs’ flagship store; hospitality and travel PR firm B Public Relations; Sprung Construction; and digital design and web firm Cirro. In 2012, when Gravitas began researching shipping container structures, there were no other Colorado mixed-use buildings made entirely of shipping containers. After researching container projects from the UK and New Zealand, Gravitas tested local construction and finishing techniques on an empty lot two blocks away for three Colorado seasons. The results have created a new gathering place in rapidly emerging RiNo. Developer/Owner: Gravitas Development Group Architect: Davis Urban (formerly Studio 11b) General Contractor: Sprung Construction Engineers: Monroe & Newell (Structural), Creative Civil (Civil), JK Mechanical Design (MEP) Debt/Equity Participants: Centennial Bank and Gravitas Development Group Wow factor: Socializing and working in a building whose walls have crossed the seven seas.