A map showing the 14.5-acre site that the Urban Land Conservancy is asking be rezoned. The nonprofit owns only the upper portion, which is 6.7 acres and undeveloped. (Public records)
The Urban Land Conservancy is seeking to rezone its 7-acre site north of the former Park Hill Golf Course to tee up the development of apartments and condos.
The nonprofit, which preserves land for income-restricted housing projects, is seeking eight-story zoning for undeveloped land it owns at 4050 N. Colorado Blvd., just south of Interstate 70.
Nashville-based developer Elmington is planning to construct the project. Specific details are in flux, but the most recent iteration of plans calls for a large income-restricted condominium building at the north end of the site, where units would be reserved at those making up to 80 percent of the area median income, or AMI.
Two smaller apartment buildings would be constructed to the south. One would be market rate, and the other would be an income-restricted apartment building between 30 and 80 percent AMI, depending on the unit.
The total number of units is still to be determined.
ULC has owned the site right by the Regional Transportation District’s 40th and Colorado rail stop since 2012. It’s one of many income-restricted developments being built or proposed near transit hubs as state lawmakers push for more of it across Colorado.
While the site is only 6.7 acres, ULC is technically asking the city to rezone 12 acres. In addition to the land it owns, it’s requesting rezoning for adjacent parcels to the south, where there’s already an apartment building and a handful of small retail buildings.
ULC has to request rezoning for the whole site due to a legal technicality because of the site’s outdated zoning designation, documents indicate. Denver updated its zoning code in 2010, but the area has remained under the old code.
The Denver City Council Committee on Land Use, Transportation and Infrastructure advanced the rezoning of the site earlier this month, but not without some opposition from neighbors.
“I would like the zoning to remain the same as it is now for a shopping center district, which is needed in this area and would be an improvement. Adding five- and eight-story buildings will make this already congested area worse and prevent future amenities for the existing community here which is what’s needed,” Jennifer Glitsos, who identified herself as a local resident, wrote to the city.
Other community members cited the lack of a nearby grocery store and the potential for the buildings to block views of the mountains in their letters of opposition. A lawyer representing the owner of another of the parcels within the 14.5 acres also wrote in opposition, disagreeing with the legality of the proposal.
“My Client is a long time builder and advocate for affordable housing. They are ready and willing to meet with the Applicant and City to resolve the issues presented in this letter in a cooperative and comprehensive manner,” attorney Jack E. Reutzel wrote on behalf of PHVW LLLP, which owns the apartment building to the south of ULC’s land.
Three residents wrote letters that welcomed the proposed development.
“This rezoning would be a significant step forward in addressing several pressing needs of our neighborhood and the city as a whole,” nearby resident James Roy II wrote. “In particular, it would facilitate the creation of affordable housing, encourage transit-oriented development, provide much-needed community open space, and improve pedestrian connectivity.”
Denver City Council is slated to vote on the matter on Sept. 16.
The onetime Park Hill Golf Course property to the south was previously eyed for development, with Glendale-based owner Westside Investment Partners eyeing a grocery store and thousands of residential units, some 25 percent of which would have been income-restricted. But those plans were upended when Denver voters declined to lift a conversation easement that limits use of the property to a public golf course.
A map showing the 14.5-acre site that the Urban Land Conservancy is asking be rezoned. The nonprofit owns only the upper portion, which is 6.7 acres and undeveloped. (Public records)
The Urban Land Conservancy is seeking to rezone its 7-acre site north of the former Park Hill Golf Course to tee up the development of apartments and condos.
The nonprofit, which preserves land for income-restricted housing projects, is seeking eight-story zoning for undeveloped land it owns at 4050 N. Colorado Blvd., just south of Interstate 70.
Nashville-based developer Elmington is planning to construct the project. Specific details are in flux, but the most recent iteration of plans calls for a large income-restricted condominium building at the north end of the site, where units would be reserved at those making up to 80 percent of the area median income, or AMI.
Two smaller apartment buildings would be constructed to the south. One would be market rate, and the other would be an income-restricted apartment building between 30 and 80 percent AMI, depending on the unit.
The total number of units is still to be determined.
ULC has owned the site right by the Regional Transportation District’s 40th and Colorado rail stop since 2012. It’s one of many income-restricted developments being built or proposed near transit hubs as state lawmakers push for more of it across Colorado.
While the site is only 6.7 acres, ULC is technically asking the city to rezone 12 acres. In addition to the land it owns, it’s requesting rezoning for adjacent parcels to the south, where there’s already an apartment building and a handful of small retail buildings.
ULC has to request rezoning for the whole site due to a legal technicality because of the site’s outdated zoning designation, documents indicate. Denver updated its zoning code in 2010, but the area has remained under the old code.
The Denver City Council Committee on Land Use, Transportation and Infrastructure advanced the rezoning of the site earlier this month, but not without some opposition from neighbors.
“I would like the zoning to remain the same as it is now for a shopping center district, which is needed in this area and would be an improvement. Adding five- and eight-story buildings will make this already congested area worse and prevent future amenities for the existing community here which is what’s needed,” Jennifer Glitsos, who identified herself as a local resident, wrote to the city.
Other community members cited the lack of a nearby grocery store and the potential for the buildings to block views of the mountains in their letters of opposition. A lawyer representing the owner of another of the parcels within the 14.5 acres also wrote in opposition, disagreeing with the legality of the proposal.
“My Client is a long time builder and advocate for affordable housing. They are ready and willing to meet with the Applicant and City to resolve the issues presented in this letter in a cooperative and comprehensive manner,” attorney Jack E. Reutzel wrote on behalf of PHVW LLLP, which owns the apartment building to the south of ULC’s land.
Three residents wrote letters that welcomed the proposed development.
“This rezoning would be a significant step forward in addressing several pressing needs of our neighborhood and the city as a whole,” nearby resident James Roy II wrote. “In particular, it would facilitate the creation of affordable housing, encourage transit-oriented development, provide much-needed community open space, and improve pedestrian connectivity.”
Denver City Council is slated to vote on the matter on Sept. 16.
The onetime Park Hill Golf Course property to the south was previously eyed for development, with Glendale-based owner Westside Investment Partners eyeing a grocery store and thousands of residential units, some 25 percent of which would have been income-restricted. But those plans were upended when Denver voters declined to lift a conversation easement that limits use of the property to a public golf course.
