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October 13, 2005 Contact: Hilarie Portell, Lowry Redevelopment Authority, (303) 326-7123 Top Downtown
Developers Create New District at Lowry Denver, CO --Many of downtown Denver's top developers and architects are leaving their mark in the historic core of Lowry. Twelve new residential, commercial and mixed-use buildings are underway or in planning in the Lowry Town Center District. The projects total 500,000 square feet of space, including 243 residential units and 114,000 square feet of commercial space. The total development value of these projects is approximately $142 million. Six more projects are in the early planning stages. New projects include entry-level lofts by Perlmutter and Sons (OZ Architecture), luxury lofts by the Fullerton Company (Humphries Poli), upscale lofts with the option of downstairs office space by Steam Plant Partners (Buchanan Yonushewski), office condominiums by Hibernia Holdings (Hutton Ford Architects) and renovated historic homes by St. Charles Town Company (in SITU Design). Prices will range from the high $100s to $1 million. In addition, Frank Schultz has broken ground on The Tavern at Lowry (Semple Brown Design). "Each of these teams has a strong reputation for designing contemporary buildings that are respectful of the past," said Tom Markham, executive director of the Lowry Redevelopment Authority. "This is everything we could have hoped for in the historic heart of Lowry." The Town Center District, bounded by Sixth Avenue, Quebec Street, Lowry Boulevard and Uinta Way, was the administrative center for Lowry Air Force Base. Some of the original base buildings, such as the headquarters building and the aerial photography school, were built there by the Works Progress Administration in the late 1930s. There are two local historic districts and three buildings on the National Register of Historic Places. Public art graces the former base parade grounds, a new park and commercial office buildings. The area already contains restaurants, coffee shops, boutiques, a grocery store, offices, fitness center, parks and more. "I think the light went on for all of us, especially for the historic district," said Charlie Woolley, president of St. Charles Town Company, which will renovate the historic officer's quarters on Quebec Street and Sixth Avenue. "We were really excited about the challenge of bringing our contemporary renovation approach to classic homes." "Architects are attracted to Lowry because it's become the special place," said Jim Hartman, architect and manager for Steam Plant Partners. "Lowry has made a long-term commitment to design that is now coming to fruition." Four of the commercial projects are office condominium buildings. Two are designed to specifically accommodate medical office uses. Lowry's growing medical community now includes more than 20 healthcare firms. Several early buyers also live at Lowry. The neighborhood is very appealing to established professionals and empty nesters, said Hilarie Portell, marketing director for the Lowry Redevelopment Authority. "The Town Center District is a unique and interesting place that offers a very convenient lifestyle for people living and working there," she said. New buyers include a psychiatrist who lives in a patio home at Lowry and owns an office condominium, a couple that lives in a townhome with a design studio downstairs and an empty nester couple who moved to a low-maintenance loft to live closer to work and the airport. Denver Projects by Lowry Town Center Developers and Architects Buchanan
Yonushewski (Steam Plant Row Homes at Lowry) The Fullerton
Company (The Enclave at Lowry) Humphries
Poli Architects (The Enclave at Lowry) Hutton Ford
Architects (Lowry Medical Office Condominiums) In Situ Design
(Historic Officers' Quarters renovation) Jim Hartman
(Steam Plant Row Homes) OZ Architecture
(Hangar Lofts at Lowry) Semple Brown
Design (The Tavern at Lowry) St. Charles
Town Company (Historic Officers' Quarters renovation)
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