Denver’s Union Station Redevelopment Project

The Union Station redevelopment project has played a significant role in Denver’s downtown revitalization and is quickly becoming a popular destination for fine dining, entertainment and shopping.  The focal point of the large project is the Denver Union Station, which reopened in July 2014 after years of planning and hard work, and to the cost of nearly $500 million.  The multi-modal hub is for bus, light rail, commuter rail and Amtrak and was designed to accommodate pedestrians and commuters.

The project got its start in 2001 when RTD purchased Union Station and the surrounding site from the Denver Union Terminal Railway Corporation.  It is a jointly-funded agreement between RTD, the Denver Union Station Project Authority, the Colorado Department of Transportation and others to form the Partner Agencies.  The master plan included remodeling the building and developing the 19.5 acre site as “a multi-modal transportation network with transit-oriented private development.”  The project was approved by the voters in 2004 as the FasTracks program.   

The ambitious project has caught the interest of transportation developers around the world for the contemporary design and emphasis on commuter-friendly transit.  The Union Station building contains 14 new restaurants and retail shops as well as the luxurious Crawford Hotel.  The redevelopment project also includes 25 new construction projects in the area of which many are completed or set to be done in the next year or two.  Once everything is complete, the area will have an addition of 2,100 housing units and two million square feet of office space. 

The Conco Companies provided the concrete services for the tallest building constructed in the Union Station neighborhood.  The Platform, a 21-story luxury apartment building, includes 288 apartment units, 260 parking spaces, and approximately 7,000 SF of retail space.  Conco broke ground in early 2013 and the project was completed in 2014.

Sources: 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Station_%28Denver,_Colorado%29

denver.cbslocal.com/2014/04/28/denvers-union-station-renovation-watched-around-the-world/

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