Colorado Real Estate Journal - October 21, 2015
Antero Resources has signed a 10-year lease for 37,000 square feet of office space at A Block that will serve as an extension of its offices next to Denver Union Station. A Block, under construction at 16th and Wewatta streets, will include the 51,000-sf office building, now about 95 preleased, a 12-story, 200-room Kimpton Hotel and two restaurant concepts. Antero expects to occupy the space in early 2017. “A Block was very attractive to Antero Resources because of its immediate adjacency to their current headquarters, and we couldn’t be more thrilled for them to be expanding into the A Block development,” said Dan Murphy, senior principal at Continuum Partners, the project’s developer. “In addition, having nearly all of the office and retail space at A Block preleased means we can focus on the development of the Kimpton Hotel, which is the anchor of the entire project.” Many of the same finishes and materials used at Antero’s building on the south side of Denver Union Station will be incorporated into the new space to create a seamless look for employees and visitors. “We were one of the first tenants in the Union Station neighborhood and have watched as it has evolved into one of the most vibrant commercial and residential settings in Denver,” said Paul M. Rady, Antero Resources chairman and CEO. “We are delighted to expand our company’s footprint into the A Block development.” Todd Wheeler of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord in the transaction. Scott Garel of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank represented Antero Resources, an oil and gas exploration and production company. Antero’s space will be located on the second through fourth floors of the five-story office building. Continuum Partners will occupy the fifth floor, approximately 9,500 sf, and Bank of America will take 3,500 sf on the ground floor. A Block also will include two restaurant concepts, one from Bobby Stuckey and Lachlan Mackinnon Patterson of Frasca Food & Wine, and a second concept that hasn’t been disclosed. The only remaining space in the building is 2,242 sf of retail on the ground floor.