655 Broadway is seen from the Cherry Creek Trail on Wednesday, July 2, 2025. (Justin Wingerter/BusinessDen)
A much-celebrated adaptive reuse project at Broadway and Speer Boulevard in Denver has been plagued by shattered windows in recent months, and a general contractor is being blamed.
Denver Housing Authority turned the 70-year-old medical office building at 655 Broadway into 110 income-restricted apartments for seniors, the disabled and the homeless. The $25 million project was largely funded by historic tax credits and was completed in April 2024.
By September, DHA was alerting the contractor, Taylor Kohrs, to problems with the windows.
“DHA described various defects in the design and installation of the glazing system that resulted in broken insulated windows in the residential units,” it explained in a June 24 lawsuit against Taylor Kohrs, “and demanded the repair, replacement or correction of the work.”
The local builder claims the burst windows are not covered by a warranty and has refused to replace them, according to DHA. So, the agency sued the builder last month.
Scott Kohrs, owner of Taylor Kohrs, did not answer BusinessDen’s requests for comment. A DHA spokeswoman, Stephanie Schiemann, declined to discuss pending litigation.
As a result, it is not known how much money DHA is seeking from Taylor Kohrs. In April, the agency estimated it would cost $3.5 million to repair the shattered windows, 9News reported. The building’s historic status, which helped finance its conversion to housing, also limits the sort of windows that can be installed there, the Denver Housing Authority said then.
655 Broadway. (Courtesy Denver Housing Authority)
“When you’re talking about historic preservation, there is always going to be some level of conflict with the historic elements of a building and putting in modern features to it as well and striking that balance,” DHA Chief Real Estate Investment Officer Erin Clark told 9News.
The turquoise building at 655 Broadway is known as the Silverado Building and named for its most notorious onetime tenant. Silverado Savings and Loan collapsed during the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s, costing taxpayers $1 billion and tainting the reputation of Denver businessmen. Board member Neil Bush, son of the then-U.S. president, was sued by the FDIC.
655 Broadway is seen from the Cherry Creek Trail on Wednesday, July 2, 2025. (Justin Wingerter/BusinessDen)
A much-celebrated adaptive reuse project at Broadway and Speer Boulevard in Denver has been plagued by shattered windows in recent months, and a general contractor is being blamed.
Denver Housing Authority turned the 70-year-old medical office building at 655 Broadway into 110 income-restricted apartments for seniors, the disabled and the homeless. The $25 million project was largely funded by historic tax credits and was completed in April 2024.
By September, DHA was alerting the contractor, Taylor Kohrs, to problems with the windows.
“DHA described various defects in the design and installation of the glazing system that resulted in broken insulated windows in the residential units,” it explained in a June 24 lawsuit against Taylor Kohrs, “and demanded the repair, replacement or correction of the work.”
The local builder claims the burst windows are not covered by a warranty and has refused to replace them, according to DHA. So, the agency sued the builder last month.
Scott Kohrs, owner of Taylor Kohrs, did not answer BusinessDen’s requests for comment. A DHA spokeswoman, Stephanie Schiemann, declined to discuss pending litigation.
As a result, it is not known how much money DHA is seeking from Taylor Kohrs. In April, the agency estimated it would cost $3.5 million to repair the shattered windows, 9News reported. The building’s historic status, which helped finance its conversion to housing, also limits the sort of windows that can be installed there, the Denver Housing Authority said then.
655 Broadway. (Courtesy Denver Housing Authority)
“When you’re talking about historic preservation, there is always going to be some level of conflict with the historic elements of a building and putting in modern features to it as well and striking that balance,” DHA Chief Real Estate Investment Officer Erin Clark told 9News.
The turquoise building at 655 Broadway is known as the Silverado Building and named for its most notorious onetime tenant. Silverado Savings and Loan collapsed during the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s, costing taxpayers $1 billion and tainting the reputation of Denver businessmen. Board member Neil Bush, son of the then-U.S. president, was sued by the FDIC.
