Transforming the city’s urban core from primarily a 9-to-5 business hub and tourist destination into a full-fledged neighborhood only got more urgent when the COVID-19 pandemic upended office jobs in Denver and in cities across the country.
Denver officials want to better understand what it would take to turn obsolete office buildings downtownand plan to approach property owners next year about tackling those conversions.
“Results would then help guide conversations, led by city staff, with property owners and developers to encourage and support residential conversions, and provide more space for more people to make downtown their home,” Denver Community Planning and Development spokeswoman Alexandra Foster said. . Loh specializes in researching place-making and commercial real estate and has recently been looking into commercial building conversions.
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