Page 11 - CCD Magazine - Winter-Spring 2019 Issue

Twelve Projects Selected as Finalists for ULI Impact Awards Twelve projects, ranging from affordable housing and alley enhancement, to large-scale mixed-use, to parks and playing fields, have been named finalists in the fourth Impact Awards of Urban Land Institute (ULI) Colorado. The nominees and four winners will be honored at a gala at the Seawell Ballroom, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, on Thursday, April 4, 5:30 to 8:30 pm. Also being presented are individual awards for Lifetime Achievement and Rising Star. “The Impact Awards showcase the best work of Colorado’s developers, architects, builders and their teams to create great places,” says Tracy Huggins, executive director of the Denver Urban Renewal Authority and ULI Colorado chair, 2017-19 “These examples will inspire others to improve our communities by creating the best possible projects.” THE NOMINEES: INFILL (category sponsored by Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti) Downtown East Louisville (DeLo). This transformative $60 million, 12-acre redevelopment of a former industrial site into mixed-use neighborhood includes 130 apartments, 30,000 square feet of Class A office and retail/ restaurant space, 60 townhomes, a community plaza and park area, new public parking, and a pedestrian gateway that links the community to Historic Downtown Louisville. Fruitdale Lofts, Wheat Ridge. Vacant since 2007, the last school designed by Denver architect Temple Buell (Paramount Theater, Fillmore, many schools) has been reborn as 16 solar-powered and affordable lofts set within a sustainable landscape. Go Spot Check, Lower Downtown Denver. The 16,000-square-foot tech headquarters is the first all glass-and-steel building in LoDo, yet it complements the historic context while replacing a parking lot. INFLUENCE (category sponsored by Brinkmann Constructors) Clinica Health, Lafayette. Designed by a noted health-care architecture firm, Clinica delivers services to 15,000 uninsured people a year in a location accessible to populations in need. The jury also cited the project’s creative finance requiring a capital stack of nine sources. St. Francis Apartments at Cathedral Square, Colfax, Denver. Replacing a parking lot near St. John’s Cathedral (which donated the land), these 51 apartments house very low-income people, some formerly homeless. The jury cited the project’s excellent location for people without cars, with a Walk Score of 95 and access to five bus lines and 350 daily rides. Silverthorne Performing Arts Center. Located in the town’s urban renewal district, this small theater complex heralds Silverthorne’s evolution from a stop off the highway to a true community with a walkable downtown and destination attractions. (Continued on page 13) Colorado Construction & Design | 11 Downtown East Louisville (DeLo) Fruitdale Loft Go Spot Check Clinica Health - by Caleb Tkach St. Francis Apartments Silverthorne PAC - by James Ray Spahn