2013 Transit-Oriented Development Status Report RTD and FasTracks Overview
RTD oversees a 47-mile rail transit system that services 46 stations on five corridors including: • The 5.3-mile Central Corridor and 1.8-mile Central Platte Valley (CPV) Spur in central Denver • The 8.7-mile Southwest Line to Englewood, Sheridan, and Littleton • The 19.2-mile Southeast Line to Lone Tree and Aurora • The 12.1-mile West Line to Lakewood and Golden
The FasTracks program, approved by district voters in a 2004 ballot initiative will: • add 122 miles of rail service • 18 miles of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) • approximately 60 new stations along six new corridors • extend three existing light rail lines image courtesy Gensler Grand Opening / image courtesy RTD
Construction cranes dominated the skyline in RTD and TOD STAMPs Underway STAMPs Kicking Off 2013, as the result of an apartment boom in in 2014 the metro area. Development in 2013 centered Transit-oriented development is typically on the hub of the FasTracks program: Denver higher density and incorporates a mixture C-470/Lucent Station I-25/Broadway Station Area Master Plan Area Master Plan Union Station which is scheduled to open in of different uses that generate transit rider- spring 2014. Significant development has also ship. Multiple TODs contribute to creating 104th Ave. Station TOD Fitzsimons Parkway occurred around other existing and future transit-oriented communities where people Master Planning Study Station Area Master Plan stations as construction of FasTracks corridors can live, work, reduce transportation costs, continues at a rapid pace. and improve overall health through increased 88th Avenue Station Civic Center Station muli-modal activity. RTD plays a proactive role Area Master Plan Transit District Master Plan 2013 marked a productive year for FasTracks. in facilitating transit-supportive development The W Line was the first line to open in April, around transit station and strives to realize Littleton Mineral Light successfully shuttling passengers between the following goals: Rail Station Area Study Denver Union Station and the Jefferson County • Promote multi-sector, cross-jurisdictional Government Center. RTD also entered into partnerships 2013 was an active year for the RTD TOD Pilot a contract with Regional Rail Partners to Program. RTD along with D4 Urban have contin- construct the North Metro Rail Line to 124th • Encourage sustainable development that supports the transit system ued working on the the development partnership Avenue Station in Thornton by 2018. at Alameda Station, which will break ground in • Ensure a hierarchy of multi-modal access The US 36 Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line will 2014 and ultimately provide 275 residential units launch in 2016 with a dedicated lane for • Protect and enhance RTD’s transit assets and updated transit amenities. Also in 2013, buses, new park-n-ride facilities, and stations. RTD, the City of Arvada, and the Arvada Urban RTD achieves these goals by developing transit The East Line, Gold Line, and Northwest Renewal Authority chose Trammell Crow to de- stations that are accessible to multi-modal com- Commuter Rail Line to Westminster are on velop a nine acre site adjacent to the future Olde muters; establishing partnerships with public or schedule to open in 2016. The I-225 Light Rail Town Arvada Station along the Gold Line. This private sector developers, and by supporting Line connecting the East Line to the Southeast partnership is now working to design a park- local jurisdictions in developing TOD station Line through Aurora will also open in 2016. ing garage that will address commuter parking, area plans. RTD’s TOD group conducts research Construction of revitalized Denver Union business parking, and allow for more developable to support transit-oriented development, shares Station, the nexus of the entire transit system, space to be dedicated to TOD. Groundbreaking information with both the public and private is wrapping up for a May 2014 opening. on the parking structure is also expected in 2014. sector, and provides planning assistance in order to help local jurisdictions connect transit ser- Depot Square at Boulder Transit Village broke vice to economic and community development. ground in August of 2013. The Boulder Transit Village development is above an underground Currently RTD is working with local jurisdic- RTD bus facility that anchors one end of the tions on both planning and development proj- US 36 BRT line. This project will rehabilitate ects. The following table highlights the Station the historic Boulder Train Depot and create a Area Master Plans scheduled and underway. mixed-use development that includes a hotel and 71 permanently affordable apartment units. Summary of TOD Related Activity
The regional investment in transit has encouraged multiple other TOD projects within the metro area. A summary of TOD activity by corridor is laid out in the following tables. Details regarding specific projects are outlined in the corridor summaries throughout this report.
Summary of Completed or Under Construction Projects by Type on All Corridors:
Corridor Residential Hotel Retail Office Government Cultural Medical Education (Dwelling Units) (# of Rooms) (square feet) (square feet) (square feet) (square feet) (square feet) (square feet) Central 12,712 5,089 1,023,458 3,539,933 1,986,850 107,000 55,000 641,000 East 205 516 45,000 20,000 216,322 - - - Gold 1,018 - 296,274 55,372 - - - - I-225 2,080 153 66,793 227,000 - - 5,644,000 1,379,606 NorthMetro 312 ------Southeast 6,795 471 676,569 2,378,551 - - 315,000 - Southwest 1,052 - 678,385 50,000 100,000 40,000 175,000 50,000 US36 2,720 559 2,333,520 275,209 - 17,373 19,900 - West 278 - 425,186 280,000 - - 900,000 - Total 27,172 6,788 5,545,185 6,826,065 2,303,172 164,373 7,108,900 2,070,606
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Corridor Residential Hotel Retail Office Government Cultural Medical Education (Dwelling Units) (# of Rooms) (square feet) (square feet) (square feet) (square feet) (square feet) (square feet) Central/CPV 3782 812 143,075 660,000 0 4,000 55,000 271,000 East 205 516 26,000 0 0 0 0 0 Gold 498 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I-225 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,834,000 0 NorthMetro 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Southeast 1803 0 75,000 467,000 0 0 275,000 0 Southwest 258 0 7,100 0 0 0 175,000 0 US36 888 297 8,112 0 0 0 0 0 West 176 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 7,614 1,625 259,287 1,127,000 0 4,000 2,339,000 271,000
Proposed Projects by Type as of 2013
Corridor Residential Hotel Retail Office Government Cultural Medical Education (Dwelling Units) (# of Rooms) (square feet) (square feet) (square feet) (square feet) (square feet) (square feet) Central/CPV 759 808 17,000 790,000 - - - - East 100 ------Gold 1,347 - 258,800 - - - - - I-225 100 363 250,580 81,627 - - 3,440,000 - Southeast 60 - 32,000 1,182,000 - - - - Southwest 1,025 ------US36 2,085 805 772,963 553,000 60,000 - - - West 680 - 26,000 - - - - - Totals 6,156 1,976 1,357,343 2,606,627 60,000 - 3,440,000 -
Total Residential Units Completed and Projected Total Residential Units Completed and Projected
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4,000 Total Office Development: Completed and Projected 3,260 2,928 1,600,0003,000 2,163 1,336,000 Total Units Total 1,400,000 2,017 Total Units 2,000 1,229,400 1,367 1,270,627 1,238 1,362 1,200,000 1,137,007 965 910 1,055 1,143 763 1,000,0001,000 465 243 144 39 118 748,000 800,0000 483,500 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 600,000 449,149 499,509 500,000 400,000 Year Completed285,000Year Completed Projected 307,000 Projected
Total Square Footage 200,000 137,000 0 0 0 40,000 4,500 0 0 0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Year Completed Projected
Total Retail Development: Completed and Projected Total Retail Development: Completed and Projected
2,000,000 1,854,644 1,800,000 1,600,000 1,400,000 1,200,000 1,000,000 800,000 670,000 541,709 628,429 600,000 350,000 447,470 342,455 387,500 329,604 106,212
Total Square Footage 400,000 280,000 98,300 157,293 72,028 Total Square Footage Total 200,000 29,700 0 16,000 10,200 41,450 0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 YearYear Completed Completed Projected Projected
Total Office Development: Completed and Projected Total Office Development: Completed and Projected 1,600,000 1,336,000 1,400,000 1,229,400 1,270,627 1,200,000 1,137,007
1,000,000 748,000 800,000 483,500 600,000 449,149 499,509 500,000 400,000 285,000 307,000 Total Square Footage 137,000 Total Square Footage Total 200,000 0 0 0 40,000 4,500 0 0 0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 YearYear Completed Completed Projected Projected
Total Retail Development: Completed and Projected
2,000,000 1,854,644 1,800,000 1,600,000 1,400,000 1,200,000 1,000,000 800,000 670,000 541,709 628,429 600,000 350,000 447,470 342,455 387,500 329,604 106,212
Total Square Footage 400,000 280,000 98,300 157,293 72,028 200,000 29,700 0 16,000 10,200 41,450 0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Year Completed Projected Total Office Development: Completed and Projected The Denver Union Station neighborhood will be a world class transit-oriented community at the heart of Downtown Denver. The region’s investment in the station is on track to catalyze millions of square feet of new development.
Denver Union Station
Denver Union Station is on schedule to open May 9th, 2014. The redevelopment project includes a $500 million investment in transit infrastructure, redevelopment of the Historic Union Station Building, and substantial private transit-oriented development adjacent to the station.
The new 22-bay bus concourse will replace DENVER UNION Total Completed Completed in 2013 or Projected as the existing Market Street Station in 2014, and STATION by 2013 Under Construction of 2013 commuter rail will arrive with the East Line, Residential (# Units) 3,171 2,733 277 Gold Line, and Northwest Rail in 2016. Begin- ning in 2014, Amtrak service will return and Hotel (# Rooms) 56 112 0 Union Station will serve as one terminus of the Retail (sf) 199,100 117,825 10,000 Free Metro Ride that provides an additional Office (sf) 2,158,833 112,000 490,000 downtown link with Civic Center Station along 18th and 19th Streets. Government (sf) 248,000 0 0 Cultural (sf) 27,000 4,000 0 The Denver Union Station project was origi- Medical (sf) 0 0 0 nally laid out in the 2004 Denver Union Station Master Plan. A supplement to the original plan Education (sf) 0 0 0 was adopted in 2008 and included more con- crete plans for redevelopment. The Denver Development Activity The newly constructed North Wing Building of Union Station Project Authority (DUSPA), City The 220-unit Cadence apartment highrise Denver Union Station is the new headquarters and County of Denver, CDOT, and RTD have completed construction in 2013. The 13-story for IMA Financial. Completed in 2013, this proj- actively collaborated on the planning, design high-rise is located along Denver Union ect added 112,000 square feet of office space to and construction of the project. Station’s 17th Avenue Promenade and includes Lower Downtown. Station Area Planning 8,000 square feet of ground floor retail space. The re-developed Denver Union Station In addition to the Denver Union Station Cadence is the first residential project to be Historic Building will open in July, 2014. The Master Plan, the immediate station has been completed adjacent Denver Union Station. Historic Building will be home to the 112-room zoned Transit-Mixed Use by the City of Den- Crawford Hotel, named after a key member ver, allowing for a wide variety of residential, of the development team and one of Denver’s commercial, and civic uses.
image courtesy Cadence Alta City House / image courtesy east West Partners
leading preservationists Dana Crawford. The Looking Ahead to 2014 • A King Soopers grocery store is set to open hotel will occupy the upper floors of the station, • South Wing Building: This five-story office at 20th and Chestnut in late 2014. The while the lower floors will be home to a bevy of building with ground floor retail will open grocery store will have an urban footprint retail shops and restaurants including: in the summer of 2014. and occupy the bottom floor of an 5 story project with over 300 for rent apartment • Tattered Cover Book Store Alta City House: • This five-story apartment units. • Milkbox Ice Creamery complex with 281 market rate apartments • Eatmore Burgers & Brats will be completed in the summer of 2014. • 16m: This building is located on the 16th Street Mall and Market Street, providing • Pigtrain Coffee • 1650 Wewatta: Will provide 290 market • The Cooper Lounge 15,000 square feet of ground floor retail, rate apartments with ground floor retail and 130,000 square feet of office space, and 43 • The Terminal Bar parking. This luxury apartment building is set market rate apartments. Construction is • Bloom Accessories & Gifts to open in December 2014. well under way and on track for completion • Fresh Exchange Grab ‘n’ Go Food • 1601 Wewatta: Under construction right in 2014. • Snooze AM Eatery next to the newly opened Cadence building, • The Kitchen Next Door Restaurant 1601 Wewatta will feature nearly 300,000 • Mercantile Dining & Provision square feet of office space. 1601 is slated • Stoic & Genuine Fish for completion in 2015.
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The Downtown Denver Area Plan emphasizes the importance Denver of the downtown transit network in establishing regional connectivity FEDERAL 76 International and catalyzing economic development. HEIGHTS Airport 25 COMMERCE CITY
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The Central Rail Corridor connects Downtown Denver, Salvation Army Harbor 25 Light Center the Auraria Campus, the Welton Corridor, and70 the Renaissance Denver Central Platte Valley Spur with Sports Authority Field Downtown City Center 70 at Mile High, Pepsi Center and Elitch Gardens. WHEAT RIDGE 38th • Blake University of Colorado 35th • Downing The Central Rail Corridor also includes Denver Union Station (DUS), the hub Academic Building 33rd • Downing of Denver’s metropolitan transit system (DUS development is discussed in a separate section of this report). The future Central Rail Extension will complete the connection UNION 30th • Downing GOLDEN Pepsi Center • STATION from the Central Rail Corridor to the East Rail Line via Downing Street at 38th and Elitch Gardens 27th • WeltonDENVER Blake Station. Sports Authority 25th • Welton 70 Field at Mile High 20th • Welton
Central Rail Corridor Total Completed Completed in 2013 or Projected as Auraria West 18th • California by 2013 Under Construction of 2013 Theatre District16th • • California CCD Confluence Convention Center Residential (# Units) 9,541 1,049 482 Building Colfax at Auraria AURORA Hotel (# Rooms) 5,033 700 808 E-470 Retail (sf) 824,358 25,250 7,000 10th • Osage GLENDALE Office (sf) 1,381,100 635,000 300,000 Dakota Outfall and Government (sf) 1,738,850 0 0 Alameda Station Village Cultural (sf) 80,000 0 0 Alameda
Medical (sf) 55,000 0 I-25 • Broadway 1000 S. Broadway Education (sf) 641,000 271,000 0 LAKEWOOD I-25 & Broadway Station: Alameda Station: Station Area Planning Station Area Planning Blueprint Denver provides a conceptual land The City of Denver adopted the Alameda Evans MORRISONuse map for the Broadway Station that includes Station Area Plan in 2009. The plan encourag- TOD. The City and County of Denver will es rebuilding the original street grid system kick off a station area master plan for I-25 and throughout the area to foster better connec- Broadway Station in 2014. tions between the station and the surrounding between Broadway and the station. RTD and neighborhood. Owners of the Broadway D4 Urban plan to break ground on the next Development Activity ENGLEWOOD Marketplace shopping center and the Den- Englewoodphase of the Pilot Project later in 2014 with 1000 South Broadway, a LEED Gold building ver Design285 District worked with the City to the construction of Alameda Station Village. Nine Mile across from the Broadway Station, began develop a general development plan for the ASV will include 275 apartment units right at Southmoor leasing units in 2013. The project added 260 area and design criteria for future buildings and the station, as well as a new transit plaza and a Oxford • City of Sheridan market rate apartments to the area. infrastructure. bus loading area for RTD patrons. Dayton Demolition began on the Gates Rubber Plant Development Activity Alameda Station Commuter Parking: 240 south of I-25 & Broadway Station in late SHERIDAN The first phase of RTD’s Alameda Station Pilot 10th & Osage Station: 2013. Gates started demolition to ease the Belleview Project kicked off in 2013 with the start of Station Area Planning redevelopment and environmental remedia- construction on the Dakota Outfall. The outfall The City of Denver adopted the La Alma/Lin- tion process. Development plans for the site is a drainage improvement that improves storm coln Park neighborhood Plan in 2010. The plan remain unknown. water capacity in West Washington Park and the encourages mixed-income TOD as a strategy I-25 & Broadway Station Commuter Parking: 1,308 areas immediately surrounding LittletonAlameda Station. • Downtown Orchard to revitalize the neighborhood and maintain As part of this project Dakota Avenue was GREENWOOD the existing character and community. reconstructed as a direct connection VILLAGE Arapahoe at Village Center C-470
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25 1000 S. Broadway / image courtesy 1000 South Broadway CU Academic Building / image courtesy of University of Colorado, Denver
Development Activity TOD Strategic Plan. With its proximity to The RTD Free Metro Ride, which opens in 2013 marked the opening of Phase 2 of the downtown and public investments already in spring 2014, will further improve connectivity Denver Housing Authority’s Mariposa Devel- place, this category of station is in the hands of in the downtown area, and help reinvigorate opment. This phase includes 87 apartments, the private sector to implement future TOD. the Central Business District. 57 of which are affordable housing units, as Pepsi Center-Elitch Gardens Station Commuter Parking: 0 Development Activity well as retail space. Phase 3 is scheduled to be complete in early 2014 and will include 93 Sports Authority Field at Mile High: The Colorado National Bank building, at mixed-income units, including six townhomes, Station Area Planning Champa and 16th Street, is being transformed into a 230-room hotel. The hotel is set to and 15,000 square feet of activated ground Like the Pepsi Center- Elitch Gardens Station, open in April of 2014. floor commercial space. Phase 4 broke ground the Sport’s Authority Field at Mile High is also in 2013 and will also include mixed-income designated an “Energize” station within the Den- 16th Street & 18th Street Downtown Stations Commuter housing. ver TOD Strategic Plan. Parking: 0 10th & Osage Station Commuter Parking: 0 Sports Authority Field at Mile High Commuter Parking: 0 Welton Corridor Stations: Station Area Planning Colfax at Auraria Station: Theatre District-Convention Center: The Northeast Downtown Neighborhood Station Area Planning Station Area Planning Plan, adopted in 2011, suggests leveraging Both the Downtown Area Plan (2007) and the The 2007 Downtown Denver Area Plan dis- transit to enhance the main street character Auraria Campus Master Plan Update (2012) cusses the idea of creating a Theatre and Visi- of Welton Street. RTD is currently working discuss the role of the station in improving tor District along California Street that would on the Central Rail Extension Mobility Study local connectivity and establishing a connection encourage appropriate infill development such which will identify the most feasible rail transit between the Auraria Campus and the Down- as hotels and retail amenities. The station will route and operating plan to provide a direct town Denver. serve as an integral part of the district by transit connection to the 38th and Blake improving mobility. Development Activity Station. The Community College of Denver’s Conflu- Development Activity Development Activity ence Building opened in May 2013. The energy Construction began on the University of Colo- RTD has included the Welton Corridor in its efficient building houses CCD admissions and rado Academic Building in early 2013. The new TOD Pilot Project program, and is actively registration, an academic support and testing building will be the first building constructed as exploring options to implement TOD along center, and an academic advising center. part of the newly designed University of Colo- the corridor in an effort to catalyze economic rado Denver Neighborhood within the Auraria Auraria West Station: development and generate transit ridership. Campus. Construction will soon finish and the In February 2014, the winners of the Welton Station Area Planning building will open in August of 2014. The City of Denver adopted the Auraria West Street Design/Development Challenge were Theatre District-Convention Center Commuter Parking: 0 Station Area Plan in 2009. The Plan outlines announced and provided $475,000 in grant funding. One of the winning companies, Civil the goals for the station area which includes 16th Street and 18th Street Downtown Technology Inc. plans to redevelop the historic the development of a campus main street Stations: Rossonian Hotel. along 5th Street, and the development of a Station Area Planning mixed-use entertainment district within the The 2007 Downtown Denver Area Plan discussed The new Salvation Army Harbor Light Center station area that also includes student housing. the importance of the downtown transit network opened in 2013 at Champa and 21st Street. Auraria West Station Commuter Parking: 0 in establishing regional connectivity. A main goal The new center will serve as a substance established by the plan is to leverage transit in- abuse treatment facility. Pepsi Center-Elitch Gardens Station: vestments to improve the market for downtown Welton Corridor Stations Commuter Parking: 0 Station Area Planning development. Pepsi Center-Elitch Gardens Station is des- ignated as an “Energize” station in Denver’s
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LOUISVILLE Lamar Station Crossing Apartments consists of 110 units, 80% of which are affordable units. This mixed income project is the first TOD to BRIGHTON be completed along the West Line.
SUPERIOR West Line image courtesy Metro West Housing Solutions
BROOMFIELD The 12.1 mile West Line, with service to Denver, Lakewood, and Golden, opened in April, 2013.
Completed eight months ahead of schedule, in WEST LINE Total Completed Completed in 2013 or Projected as April 2013 the West Line was the first FasTracks by 2013 Under Construction of 2013 NORTHGLENN project opened. Both the cities of Denver and Residential (# Units) 278 176 680 Lakewood have increased planning activities in order to benefit from the new rail line. Hotel (# Rooms) 0 0 0
Retail (sf) 425,186 0 26,000 E-470 The City of Lakewood will begin the process of updating its Comprehensive Plan in 2014 and is Office (sf) 280,000 0 0 THORNTON creating its first Sustainability Plan. Lakewood also Government (sf) 0 WESTMINSTER0 0 completed the Downtown Lakewood Connectiv- Cultural (sf) 0 0 0 ity and Urban Design Plan this year. These plans Medical (sf) 900,000 0 0 will guide the course of future development in the area in order to utilize and capture the benefits of Education (sf) 0 0 0 the newly introduced rail line. FEDERAL Denver 76 International Decatur/Federal Station: Knox Station: DevelopmentHEIGHTS Activity Airport Station Area Planning Station Area Planning The redevelopment process25 for the former The City of Denver adopted the Sun Valley The Denver City Council adopted the West St. Anthony’s Hospital site kicked off in 2013 COMMERCE Neighborhood Decatur-Federal Station Colfax Plan in 2006. The plan highlights the and will be completed in the next several CITY Area Plan in April of 2013. The plan envi- opportunity for infill development surrounding years. Phase 1 of the redevelopment will sions a future renaissance for the Sun Valley light rail stations along the West Line. Current include a boutique hotel, restaurant 76space, neighborhood, suggests key infrastructure ARVADAzoning for the area allows for higher density, and an apartment complex from Larimer Asso- improvements, and recommends a transit-ori- residential development. ciates and L.C. Fulenwider; apartments and retail space from Trammell Crow Residential; ented approach to development. A General Knox Station Commuter Parking: 0 Development Plan is under review. The GDP and office and retail space by Littleton Capital provides more detail for property owners Perry Station: Partners and Weston Capital Corporation. about how the area will develop. Station Area Planning Infrastructure construction began in the 270 Decatur/Federal Station Commuter Parking: 1069 The West Colfax Plan, adopted in 2006, spring of 2014. highlights the Perry Station70 as an asset that Perry Station Commuter Parking: 0 can help catalyze future development. 70 WHEAT RIDGE St. Anthony’s Re-Development
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Sheridan Station: Development Activity Federal Center Station: Station Area Planning Lamar Station Crossing Apartments, a Metro Station Area Planning The Sheridan station area includes land in West Housing Solutions project opened in Plans for the Federal Center Station area are Denver and Lakewood. Denver zoning code January of 2014. The project consists of 110 incorporated in the Union Corridor Station allows for 8 story mixed-use development units, 80% of which are affordable units. This Area Plan, adopted in 2006. The plan calls for within the station area. The City of Lakewood mixed income project is the first TOD to be high density residential and office development adopted the Sheridan Boulevard Station Area completed along the West Line. near the station. Transit-oriented development Plan in 2006, and the City of Denver adopted Lamar Commuter Parking: 0 is included in the zoning of the area. the Sheridan Station Area Plan in 2009. Both plans encourage high density transit-oriented Lakewood/Wadsworth Station: Development Activity development. Station Area Planning The RTD Board approved a resolution sup- The City of Lakewood adopted the Wad- porting a master developer solicitation for the Sheridan Station has been designated as the sworth Boulevard Station Area Plan in 2006. RTD and the U.S. General Services Administra- West Corridor’s Catalytic Project Site through The vision for the corridor is to transform tion (GSA’s) property at the Federal Center in DRCOG’s Sustainable Communities Initiative. the area surrounding the station into an urban the fall of 2013. The City of Lakewood is cur- This catalytic status funded the Sheridan village that incorporates mixed-use develop- rently negotiating with GSA on the acquisition Station 20-Minute Neighborhood Plan, which ment, and improved multi-modal connectivity. process for the property. Lakewood anticipates is exploring neighborhood enhancements Transit-oriented development is included in releasing a developer solicitation in 2014 when that will provide residents better access to the current zoning. GSA and Lakewood have reached an agree- more places and services within a 20 minute ment on the acquisition process. Lakewood/Wadsworth Station Commuter Parking: 0 walking or biking distance. Federal Center Station Commuter Parking: 1,000 spaces Development Activity Garrison Station: Red Rocks Community College Station: The Urban Land Conservancy and New West Station Area Planning Station Area Planning Side Economic Development (NEWSED) The City of Lakewood adopted the Garrison have been working consistently with RTD on Street Station Area Plan in 2010. The plan calls The Red Rocks station area includes areas of several small property transactions around for the preservation of the residential charac- mixed-use zoning. the station that will enable future phases of ter of the station area. Red Rocks Community College Station: 0 development. ULC will begin initial design of Garrison Station Commuter Parking: 0 the redevelopment in 2014. Jefferson County Government Center-Golden Station Sheridan Station Commuter Parking: 800 spaces Oak Station: Station Area Planning Development Activity Lamar: The City of Lakewood adopted the Oak Street Construction began on a pedestrian bridge Station Area Planning Station Area Plan in 2006. The plan envisions connecting Jefferson County Government The City of Lakewood adopted the Lamar a mixed-use center with an emphasis on Center - Golden Station to the neighborhoods Street Station Area Plan in 2010. The plan calls research and development, as well as retail op- south of 6th Avenue. for neighborhood development and improved portunities. The Oak station area also includes Jefferson County Government Center-Golden Station connectivity. The station area is the home transit-oriented development zoning. Commuter Parking: 705 spaces of Lakewood’s 40 West Arts District and is Oak Station Commuter Parking: 200 spaces currently home to over a dozen galleries and public art installations.
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LOUISVILLE project to open. BRIGHTON The East line will have connections to the I-225 EAST LINE Total Completed Completed in 2013 or Projected as Light Rail Line at Peoria Station, as well as to by 2013 Under Construction of 2013 the Central Rail Line Extension at the 38th and Residential (# Units) 205 205 256 Blake Station. Upon opening, the line is expected Hotel (# Rooms) 516 516 0 to carry around 27,700 people between Union SUPERIOR Station and Denver International Airport. Retail (sf) 45,000 26,000 0 Office (sf) 20,000 0 0 August 22, 2013 RTD and Denver Transit Part- ners celebrated the “halfway to opening day” Government (sf) 216,322 0 0 BROOMFIELD mark for construction. The majority of the civil Cultural (sf) 0 0 0 construction work is expected to be completed Medical (sf) 0 0 0 in 2014. The East Line will open in 2016. Education (sf) 0 0 0
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38th & Blake: Development Activity The Source opened in August 2013 within a Station Area Planning The Urban Land Conservancy is working with formerE-470 brick foundry building at 3350 Brigh- The City of Denver has rezoned the area surTHORNTON- Medici Communities and Denver Housing ton Blvd. The food market and retail space has rounding the station to include mixed-use zon- Authority on the development of a 1.4 acre WESTMINSTER 15 tenants including restaurants, a butcher, ing. A station area master plan was adopted TOD adjacent to the future 38th and Blake bakery, brewery, and other food markets. in 2009 and calls for new TOD that preserves Street Station. The plan calls for a mix of 38th & Blake Station Commuter Parking: 200 spaces the area’s industrial character while enhancing affordable and market rate rental units and its role as an arts and entertainment district. commercial space for office and retail. Prospect LLC completed construction of Denver FEDERAL Block 32 at 3200 Brighton Blvd. in the first International 76 Airport HEIGHTS half of 2013. The 205 unit apartment project 25 was awarded both a project of the year award COMMERCE from the Franklin L Burns School of Real CITY Estate and Construction at the University 76 of Denver and a City of Denver Mayor’s Westin Hotel and Design Award. Conference Centre ARVADA Park Hill Village West
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40th & Colorado: Peoria: The City of Aurora also completed a plan for Station Area Planning Station Area Planning the portion of the station area within Aurora The 40th and Colorado Station area includes Peoria Station itself will be located in the city limits. The Gateway Park East Station Area areas of mixed-use zoning to allow for TOD. City of Aurora, however the station area will Plan lays out a long term vision of the site that shows how development can best relate to the Development Activity include portions of both Denver and Aurora. The two cities have been, and will continue to station, discusses strategies to manage park- The Urban Land Conservancy is developing a work together to coordinate development and ing, and illustrates how the area can take on a 9.4 acre area of land adjacent to the 40th and ensure a cohesive station area. pedestrian-oriented character. Colorado station. 156 affordable homes, to be completed by 2016, are planned for 2.7 acres The City of Aurora has zoned the entire Gateway Park Commuter Parking: 1,079 spaces of the site. A series of public meetings have station area to support TOD. In 2009 Aurora Denver International Airport: begun in order to discuss site planning for the adopted a station area master plan. The plan Station Area Planning remaining 6.7 acres. calls for the evolution of the station area into The City of Denver has created a special an employment center with surrounding land 40th & Colorado Station Commuter Parking: 200 spaces overlay district for the airport, and all land use uses that include employment and housing. Central Park: decisions in this area are made by the Denver Peoria Station Commuter Parking: 550 spaces Manager of Aviation. Station Area Planning The City of Denver adopted the Central Park Gateway Park: Development Activity Station Area Plan in 2012. The plan calls for Station Area Planning The Westin Hotel and Conference Centre is the station to become a sustainable, active, and The City of Denver has included part of the under construction and on schedule to open accessible station to residents of Stapleton, station area in the DIA airport overlay district. in 2015. The Hotel will include 519 rooms nearby neighborhoods, and the City of Denver. Land uses and design elements within this conveniently located adjacent to the new south terminal at Denver International Airport. Central Park Station Commuter Parking: 1,500 spaces overlay are subject to review by the Denver Manager of Aviation. The remainder of the Denver International Airport Commuter Parking: 0 station area includes zoning for mixed-use de- velopment. The City of Denver has designated this area an “area of change”.
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LAFAYETTE Gold Line LOUISVILLE BRIGHTON The 11.2 mile Gold Line is scheduled to open shortly after the East Line in 2016 as part of the Eagle P3.
The Gold Line will begin at Denver Union GOLD LINE Total Completed Completed in 2013 or Projected as Station and pass through northwest Denver, by 2013 Under Construction of 2013 SUPERIORAdams County, and Arvada before terminating Residential (# Units) 1,018 498 1,347 in Wheat Ridge. The Gold Line includes the Olde Town Arvada Station, which is the site of Hotel (# Rooms) 0 0 0 one of RTD’s TOD Pilot Projects. As a Pilot Retail (sf) 296,274 0 258,800 Project, RTD is partnering with the City of BROOMFIELDOffice (sf) 55,372 0 0 Arvada, the Arvada Urban Renewal Authority, Government (sf) 0 0 0 and the private sector to actively facilitate development near the station. Cultural (sf) 0 0 0 Medical (sf) 0 0 0 NORTHGLENN Education (sf) 0 0 0
41st and Fox Station: Development Activity Pecos Station: E-470 Station Area Planning Located near the future 41st-Fox Station, Station Area Planning THORNTON The City of Denver adopted the 41st and Fox The Villas at RegencyWESTMINSTER is the largest apart- The 2009 Adams County Clear Creek Valley Station Area Plan in 2009. The Plan’s vision is ment complex in Denver to have been built TOD Plan examines prospects for tran- to create a station area that serves as a di- exclusively for students, most of whom attend sit-oriented development within the vicinity verse, transit supportive, and environmentally CU Denver and Metro State University. The of the Pecos Station. Goals for the station sustainable urban center. The Plan encour- complex, consisting of five buildings and 120 area include improving regional connectivity ages the development of a mixed-use node at units, opened in the fall of 2013. and promoting opportunities for commercial the station while also enhancing the existing 41st and Fox Station Commuter Parking: 500 spaces development at and near the station. Denver neighborhood’s access to downtown. The area FEDERALPecos Station Commuter Parking: 300 spaces is currently zoned to allow for both mixed use 76 International and main street development typologies. HEIGHTS Airport 25 COMMERCE CITY
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Pepsi Center • Elitch Gardens 70 The existing 19.1 mile Southeast Rail Line runs Sports Authority Field at Mile High parallel to I-25, connecting Denver to Lincoln Auraria West DENVER AURORA Station in Douglas County. 25 E-470 10th • Osage The planned Southeast Rail Extension will add 2.3 miles and GLENDALE 3 new stations: Sky Ridge, Lone Tree City Center, and RidgeGate. Alameda I-25 • Broadway Wash Park Station Louisiana-Pearl Station: made in the area, as well as encouraging Louisiana • Pearl LAKEWOOD Station Area Planning development that enhances the character University of Denver Colorado Center The 2007 Louisiana-Pearl Station Area of the neighborhood and responds to the Colorado – Next Phase Plan envisions a station area that includes proximity of the University of Denver. MORRISON active retail to support an existing vibrant ENGLEWOOD Development Activity Yale Veranda neighborhood. The Louisiana-Pearl Station HighPointe The University Station Apartment project University Station provides no parking, and the station pri- Apartments 25 is scheduled for completion in early 2014. marily serves the neighborhoods of Platt 285 A Mile High Development Project, Univer- Nine Mile Park and West Washington Park. Southmoor sity Station Apartments will consist of 60 SHERIDAN Development Activity affordable units for seniors. The building Dayton Belleview Station Washington Park Station at Louisiana will have 20 parking spaces on site, and Belleview will lease an additional 40 from RTD in Apartments One Belleview Avenue and Washington Street, began con- Station struction in 2013. When completed the the adjacent station parking structure. 5-story complex will add 32 apartment Mile High Development is purchasing RTD GREENWOOD Orchard units and 2,800 square feet of retail space Neighborhood EcoPasses for all building VILLAGE residents. Arapahoe at to the area. C-470 Village Center Louisiana-Pearl Station Commuter Parking: 0 University Station Commuter Parking: 540 spaces LITTLETON Colorado Station: University of Denver Station: Dry Creek Station Area Planning Station Area Planning The 2008 University Park Neighborhood The Colorado Station area is catego- CENTENNIAL Plan implemented by the City of Denver rized in Blueprint Denver as an “Area of County Line Kaiser Permanente discusses the importance of capitalizing Change” with an emphasis on transit- on future transportation investments oriented development Lincoln LONE TREE
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Development Activity 41,000 square feet of ground floor retail Arapahoe at Village Center Station: The next phase of development at Colora- across Hampden Ave from the Southmoor Station Area Planning do Center will integrate with the station Station. Greenwood Village has zoned the area and is designed to be pedestrian friendly. Southmoor Station Commuter Parking: 788 spaces around the station for mixed-use Phase 3 will include 205,000 square feet development. of office space, 11,290 square feet of retail Belleview Station: Orchard Station Commuter Parking: 817 spaces space, and 189 residential units configured Station Area Planning: The Belleview Station to support a new retail main street. primarily serves the Denver Tech Center. Dry Creek Station: Blueprint Denver categorizes the area Station Area Planning Construction on the Colorado Center west of the station as an “Area of Change” The Dry Creek Station zoning allows for Bicycle/Pedestrian Bridge will begin in the while the area to the east is categorized as mixed-use development. Jones Corporation spring of 2014. The $8 million bridge will “stable”. cross I-25 and connect neighborhoods to is currently planning to develop proper- the north to Colorado Station. Development Activity ty adjacent to the station into a 42 acre Construction is still underway on a mixed- mixed-use neighborhood. Colorado Station Commuter Parking: 363 spaces use 352 unit apartment building with Dry Creek Station Commuter Parking: 235 spaces Yale: 34,000 square feet of ground floor retail. County Line Station: Station Area Planning Under development by Holland Partners, Development Activity The immediate area surrounding Yale this project is scheduled to be complete in Station is designated in Blueprint Denver the fall of 2014. The Wolff Company began construction on Capstone at Vallagio, a 272-unit apartment as an “Area of Change”. Urban Land The 16-story, 325,000 square foot One Conservancy and Koelbel & Co. are nearby community located south of Vallagio’s first Belleview Station office building is slated to phase. Connected by a privately funded landowners that have collaborated on a begin construction in 2014, north of Union phased redevelopment plan. pedestrian bridge built several years ago, Ave and adjacent to the Light Rail Platform. Capstone should be complete later in 2014. Yale Station Commuter Parking: 129 spaces Belleview Station Commuter Parking: 59 spaces County Line Station Commuter Parking: 388 spaces Southmoor Station: Orchard Station: Lincoln Station: Station Area Planning Station Area Planning Development Activity Blueprint Denver categorizes Southmoor The Orchard Station area is located in Station area as an “Area of Change”. Kaiser Permanente completed construction Greenwood Village and is zoned as a town of its new multi-specialty center in Lone Development Activity center. Tree near Lincoln Station in December. The Veranda HighPointe, a Forum Real Estate This project is one phase of a larger proj- Group project was completed in 2013. The ect that will ultimately encompass 20 acres. development provides 362 apartments and Lincoln Station Commuter Parking: 1,734 spaces
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ENGLEWOOD Evans Station: Englewood Station: Englewood Station Area Planning Station Area Planning 285 The 2009 City of Denver Evans Station Area The City of Englewood adopted the Engle- Oxford • Plan calls for the use of transit-oriented wood Light Rail Corridor Plan in 2013. This City of Sheridan development to help enhance the character plan outlines a series of mobility enhance- of the existing station area. ments and development scenarios around Navajo SHERIDAN the Oxford, Englewood, and proposed Bates Apartments Development Activity Station. Englewood will follow up on this The Evans Station Lofts opened in 2013 plan with a next steps study in 2014 which bringing 50 new affordable housing units will determine the financial and technical Littleton • to the station area. The project was a joint feasibility of these planning scenarios. Downtown GREENWOOD venture between the Urban Land Conser- VILLAGE vancy and Medici Communities LLC. Evans Englewood Station Commuter Parking: 910 spaces Alamo Drafthouse Station Lofts won a Mayor’s Design Award Cinema C-470 in 2013. LITTLETON Evans Station Commuter Parking: 99 spaces
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Oxford-City of Sheridan Station: Littleton-Mineral Station: Lucent/C-470 Station: Station Area Planning Station Area Planning Station Area Planning Plans for the Oxford- The first station area plan for Littleton-Min- The C-470/Lucent Station Area Master Plan City of Sheridan Station are included in the eral Station will kick-off in 2014 or 2015. The is underway and on track for completion Englewood Light Rail Corridor Plan. The plan plan will focus on mobility improvements be- in 2014. This plan will establish guidelines calls for higher density residential develop- tween the station, the Aspen Grove Shopping for development near the station and make ment within the station area with improved Center, and surrounding areas, as well as recommendations that look to improve connectivity to the station platform from development opportunities on surrounding connections between neighboring High- south of Oxford Ave. underutilized parcels. lands Ranch and the station.
Development Activity Development Activity Lucent/C-470 Station Commuter Parking: 1,000 Elsey Partners has plans to construct a new Colorado’s first Alamo Drafthouse Cinema 146 unit apartment building at the intersec- opened in the Aspen Grove shopping center tion of Navajo and Princeton. A PUD for the adjacent to Littleton-Mineral Station in 2013. project was approved by City Council in fall The movie theater/restaurant/bar is 33,000 of 2013. square feet and holds seven theater screens. Oxford-City of Sheridan Station Commuter Parking: 0 Littleton-Mineral Station Commuter Parking: 1,227 spaces
Littleton-Downtown Station: Station Area Planning Littleton’s 2011 Downtown Neighbor- hood Plan highlights the importance of the downtown station in connecting Littleton to the metropolitan region. The area around the station has been designated as a Transit Impact Zone, which allows for more flexible, transit appropriate development. A station area plan for Littleton-Downtown will kick off in 2015. Littleton-Downtown Station Commuter Parking: 361 spaces
Navajo Apartments / image courtesy Prime Design The proliferation of development along this corridor suggests that TOD can be successful along BRT corridors.
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LONGMONT The Northwest Corridor includes the Northwest Rail Line to Downtown Longmont Westminster Station and is scheduled to open in 2016 as part of the Eagle P3 project. Additionally, 18 miles of bus rapid transit (BRT) along US-36 between Denver Union Station and Table Mesa is scheduled to open in 2016.
The Northwest Area Mobility Study was launched in 2013 and is developing a prioritized list of mobility improvements for the northwest area of RTD’s service area. RTD initiated the study in response to cost increases associated with building and operating commuter rail along the 41-mile NIWOT corridor to Longmont.
Gunbarrel Existing andERIE proposed development along the Northwest Corridor establishes the Denver region Depot as a leader in BRT TOD and capitalizes on the economic benefits associated with Square non-rail transit infrastructure. BOULDER
Boulder Junction LAFAYETTE NORTHWEST Total Completed Completed in 2013 or Projected as Boulder Transit Village Center CORRIDOR by 2013 Under Construction of 2013 Residential (# Units) 2,720 176 680
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US 36 • Westminster Center higher intensity development around the future rail station. FEDERAL Denver Development76 Activity International HEIGHTS Airport 25 36 The City of Westminster released an RFP in late 2013 asking COMMERCE for a masterCITY developer to construct a parking garage at Westminster 76 Westminster Station by opening day. This RFP also asks for ARVADA future transit-oriented development concepts at the station. Proposals will be under review for the first portion of 2014.
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Westminster Center Station: Flatiron Station: Boulder Transit Village Station: Station Area Planning Flatiron Station Commuter Parking: 265 spaces Station Area Planning The 2013 Westminster Comprehensive Plan The 2007 Transit Village Area Plan outlines McCaslin Station: highlights BRT and recommends high intensity, the City of Boulder’s vision for the 160 acre mixed-use development around all transit Development Activity transit village area. The vision includes plans nodes. Westminster began a master plan of After years of planning and discussion, Superior for mixed-use development in order to facil- the former Westminster Mall site in 2013 and Town Center will begin construction in 2014. itate the establishment of a transit-oriented approved a preliminary development plan for The large-scale project will ultimately include neighborhood. the site in the fall. Visions for the 105 acre site 1,400 homes, a 1.2 acre town square with include a rebuilt urban street grid and higher restaurants and shops, a hotel, 500,000 square Development Activity density, mixed uses. feet of commercial space, a sports complex, Construction of Depot Square, the end of the and a medical services building. Early 2014 will line TOD for the US36 BRT project began in Westminster Station Commuter Parking: 500 spaces be spent on grading before sidewalk, street and the summer of 2013. Depot Square includes Church Ranch Station: infrastructure construction begins. 71 permanently affordable apartment units, a 140 room Hyatt Place hotel, and a restored Development Activity McCaslin Station Commuter Parking: 188 spaces historic Boulder train depot building. This Marriott Hotel Denver Westminster is cur- Table Mesa Station: private development will be above an under- rently under construction and expected to ground RTD bus facility and adjacent to a open in April of 2014. The hotel will include Table Mesa Station Commuter Parking: 824 spaces shared parking structure for residents, visitors, 297 rooms with easy access to the Church and transit patrons. Ranch BRT Station. Boulder Transit Village Station Commuter Parking: Church Ranch Station Commuter Parking: 396 spaces 290 spaces Broomfield Station: Development Activity Alta Harvest Station Apartments in Broomfield is scheduled to open in early 2014. The de- velopment consists of 297 market rate rental units conveniently located near the US-36 BRT
Line. Depot Square at Boulder Transit Village Arista Uptown opened in 2013. This new devel- opment added 272 market rate apartments to the Broomfield station area. Broomfield Station Commuter Parking: 870 spaces
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A boom of medical construction has occurred along the I-225 Line. Near the future Fitzsimons and Colfax Stations, the University of Colorado completed a portion of its hospital expansion, including a new 12-story inpatient tower. Denver FEDERAL International 76 HEIGHTS Airport 25 COMMERCE I-225 Line CITY
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I-225 Line Total Completed Completed in 2013 or Projected as by 2013 Under Construction of 2702013 70 Residential (# Units) 2,080 0 100 Hotel (# Rooms) 153 0 363 Retail (sf) 66,793 0 250,580 WHEAT RIDGE 70 Office (sf) 227,000 0 81,627 Government (sf) 0 0 0 Peoria University of Colorado Hospital Cultural (sf) 0 0 0 GOLDEN Medical (sf) 5,644,000 1,834,000 3,440,000 225 Education (sf) 1,379,606 0 0 AURORA 70 Fitzsimons DENVER Colfax Located entirely within the City of Aurora, Fitzsimons Parkway Station: 13th Ave the I-225 Light Rail Line will serve as a link Station Area Planning Denver VA between the Anschutz Medical Campus, DIA, The Montview Boulevard Station was Medical Center E-470 the Denver Tech Center, and Downtown removed from the I-225 Line in 2013 at 2nd Ave • Abilene Denver. The I-225 Line is currently under the request of the University of Colorado construction and expected to open in 2016. and the Anschutz Medical Campus due to concerns about the potential impacts light The City of Aurora has been actively planning Aurora City rail infrastructure may have on sensitive around the line’s eight stations and rezoning GLENDALE Center medical equipment. The main campus station adjacent property in anticipation of future 225 is now located on Fitzsimons Parkway, a transit oriented development. LAKEWOOD half mile north of the current campus. The station’s new location provides access to The City of Aurora recently completed a Iliff Station Parking Florida development viability analysis and branding Denver’s Stapleton Neighborhood, Aurora’s Garage RFP exercise for the I-225 Line. The analysis used Morris Heights Neighborhood and future interviews with land owners and practiced Bio-science facilities planned for the medial campus. In 2014 the City of Aurora will begin MORRISON TOD developers to help develop a mar- Illiff keting strategy for TOD around Aurora’s a station area master plan for the Fitzsimons stations. A brand, logo and message were Parkway Station. developed to prime future developmentENGLEWOOD Development Activity opportunities. Nine Mile In 2013 medical development boomed along 285 the I-225 Line. Near the future Fitzsimons Parkway Station, the University of Colo- rado completed a portion of its hospital expansion, including a 734,000 square foot, 12-story inpatient tower. SHERIDANFitzsimons Parkway Station Commuter Parking: 0
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Colfax Station: 2nd & Abilene Station: Iliff Station: Station Area Planning Station Area Planning Station Area Planning The Fitzsimons-Colfax and 13th Avenue The City of Aurora adopted the Abilene Sta- The City of Aurora is in the process of prepar- Station Area Plan was approved by the City tion Area Plan in 2009 as a supplement to the ing and adopting an Iliff Station Urban Renewal of Aurora in 2009 as an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan. The Plan calls for mixed- Plan. The City also adopted the Iliff Station Comprehensive Plan. The plan characterizes use development, the preservation of public Area Plan in 2009 as a supplement to the the Colfax Station as an employment center parks, and the construction of a public plaza Comprehensive Plan. with medical offices and ground floor retail. adjacent to the station. The City of Aurora has The station will also serve as a bus transfer zoned the station area to accommodate future Development Activity facility for commuters. transit-oriented development. The City of Aurora issued an RFQ in 2013 for the construction of a 600 space commuter Colfax Station Commuter Parking: 0 2nd & Abilene Station Commuter Parking: 200 spaces parking garage at Iliff Station. Aurora is con- Development Activity Aurora City Center Station: tributing approximately $6 million to the effort, A new Denver VA Medical Center is under con- Station Area Planning and encouraging proposers to include plans for TOD that can share the parking facility. Aurora struction just north of the future Colfax Station The Aurora City Center Station has been expects to issue an RFP and choose a winning and expected to open in October 2015. zoned for transit-oriented development, allow- proposal in 2014. ing for mixed use, higher density development. 13th Avenue Station: Iliff Station Commuter Parking: 600 spaces Station Area Planning Florida Station: The 2009 Fitzsimons-Colfax and 13th Avenue Station Area Planning Nine Mile Station (existing): Station Area Plan characterizes the station as The City of Aurora adopted the Florida Station Station Area Planning a medium-density residential area with some Area Plan in 2011 as an amendment to the The City of Aurora is in the process of de- office use. Comprehensive Plan. The plan highlights areas veloping and adopting the Nine Mile Station 13th Avenue Station Commuter Parking: 250 spaces where TOD can develop in response to the Urban Renewal Plan. The City has also light rail station. developed the Nine Mile Station Area Plan, which identified TOD opportunity areas near Florida Station Commuter Parking: 0 the station. Nine Mile Station Commuter Parking: 1225 spaces
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GroundbreakingSUPERIOR on the North Metro line will occur early spring 2014. 144th Ave
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88th Ave National Western Stock Show Station 72nd Avenue Station FEDERAL Denver Station Area Planning Station Area Planning 76 International HEIGHTS Airport The City and County of Denver is currently The Commerce City Station Area Master36 25 COMMERCE working on the Elyria Swansea Neighbor- Plan at East 72nd Avenue and Colorado CITY hood Plan, which includes the National Boulevard was completed in 2013 and Western Stock Show Station. outlines the potential for TOD to improve 72nd Ave 76 A subarea plan for the station area will be connectivity, strengthen existing neighbor- included as part of the overall Elyria Swan- ARVADAhoods, and spur economic development sea Neighborhood Plan. As a parallel pro- within the station area. cess, the City is also working on a National 72nd Avenue Station Commuter Parking: 330 spaces Western Stock Show Master Plan. This 270 plan will consider the station but will focus 88th Avenue Station National Western Stock Show primarily on how the National Western Station Area Planning 70 Complex will grow and evolve in the future. The City of Thornton is currently working 70 National Western Stock Show Station Commuter Parking: WHEATon the RIDGE 88th Avenue Station Area Master 210 spaces Plan. The plan will be complete in 2014. 88th Avenue Station Commuter Parking: 550 spaces GOLDEN UNION STATION 70
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104th Avenue Station 124th Avenue Station 144th Avenue Station Station Area Planning Station Area Planning Station Area Planning The City of Thornton is currently working on The City of Thornton adopted the Eastlake The City of Thornton will begin a Station Area the 104th Avenue Station Area Master Plan. Station Transit-Oriented Development Master Master Plan for 144th Avenue in the second The plan will be complete in 2014. Plan Report in 2009. The plan highlights the half of 2014. 104th Avenue Station Commuter Parking: 880 spaces ability of TOD to maximize the benefits of the 144th Avenue Station Commuter Parking: 370 the North Metro Rail Line by creating more 112th Avenue Station compact, mixed-use development near the sta- 162nd Avenue Station Station Area Planning tion that is well integrated with the undeveloped 162nd Avenue Station Commuter Parking: 940 The City of Northglenn will lead a station area land west of the tracks. master planning process for 112th Avenue 124th Avenue Station Commuter Parking: 410 spaces Station in the second half of 2014. 112th Avenue Station Commuter Parking: 210 spaces
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