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Denver’s Newest Green Office Building Topped Out/Hyder Begins Construction on Breckenridge’s Riverwalk Amphitheater
Scheduled for completion in mid-2008, Palazzo Verdi topped out at 215 ft.
Denver’s Newest Green Office Building Topped Out
The Palazzo Verdi office building in Greenwood Plaza Office Park recently topped out at 450,000 sq ft and 215 ft tall.
The Class-AA, LEED-gold-certified building will officially open in the second quarter of 2008 and is close to 50% leased, according to the developer, Greenwood Plaza-based John Madden Co.
“The successful topping off of Palazzo Verdi is due in large part to the tremendous leadership of Kiewit Construction,” John Madden said. “The entire team has met all of the goals we have set, both in terms of timely delivery and LEED certification.”
The 15-story building is located in the Greenwood Plaza Office Park, near major light rail and transportation routes. It features Class-AA finishes, including a lobby area with a floor modeled after Chartres Labyrinth and a 45-ft chandelier hanging from the five-story ceiling.
Fentress Architects of Denver is the project architect.
Himmelman Awarded $3.4-Million Church Project
Himmelman Construction has been selected to build Our Father Lutheran Church in Centennial. New construction will begin in March and includes a preschool expansion, classroom addition, new entry and sanctuary remodel. The church and preschool will remain open and fully operational throughout construction.
Himmelman will work with Eidos Architects of Denver on the project. The pair has a long-standing relationship and is currently in the finishing stages of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Westminster, which will be completed in November.
Taylor Kohrs Continues Aquatic Construction Work
Denver-based Taylor Kohrs is building a new “Big Top” water attraction at Hyland Hills Water World in Federal Heights. The project will feature a circus-themed activity area for families with young children.
The highly interactive and colorful addition, located near the existing H2O Fun House, will become the 46th attraction at the water park. The Big Top area will total 36,000 sq ft of space, including an 11,400-sq-ft area that features two activity pools, a lazy river and a splash-down pool for two new water slides. In addition to Water World’s newest addition, Taylor Kohrs also completed Pirate’s Cove in Englewood.
Water Technology Inc., headquartered in Beaver Dam, Wis., is the architect.
Shaw Tops Out Rocky Vista University
Capping an accelerated schedule that relied on strong design-build capabilities from a number of subcontractors, Shaw Construction of Denver topped out at Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Parker.
Located at 8401 S. Chambers Road, the new 150,000-sq-ft facility will include an anatomy laboratory, osteopathic manipulative medicine laboratory, anatomy theater, library, lounge areas, cafeteria and administrative space.
The building is scheduled for completion by August, when the school is slated to welcome its first class of 150 future osteopathic physicians.
Along with Shaw and project designer OZ Architecture of Denver, several firms played significant roles in meeting early milestones: structural steel specialist Puma Steel of Cheyenne, mechanical contractor MTech of Denver and Piper Electric of Arvada.
The new building will also accommodate two future expansions on the 24-acre site.
Hyder Begins Work on Riverwalk Amphitheater
Denver-based Hyder Construction Inc. announced that construction has begun on the Breckenridge Riverwalk Center.
This award-winning amphitheater has been a community center for Breckenridge for more than 15 years, hosting thousands of concerts and events. The $3-million, 11,000-sq-ft renovation will replace the existing fabric tent with a permanent shell structure. The addition of a roof covering and walls will significantly enhance the concert and event experience by improving acoustics, temperature control and lighting. It will also extend the facility’s ability to host performances early and late in the season and make it flexible enough to accommodate winter events.
To sustain the connection the amphitheater has with the outside environment, six large, clear doors will open to the Riverwalk Center lawn. The negotiable CM/GC project is slated for completion in May 2008. Harry Teague Architects of Aspen is the architect.
JE Dunn Delivers Pikes Peak Regional Medical Center
JE Dunn Construction announced the recent completion of the new 41,000-sq-ft Pikes Peak Regional Medical Center and the Pikes Peak Medical Office Building in Woodland Park, west of Colorado Springs.
The $9.8-million, 15-bed medical center provides 24-hour emergency care along with a full range of surgical and obstetrical services, as well as clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic services. Designed by Architectural Nexus Inc. of Salt Lake City, the hospital makes full use of the natural landscape and is designed to fit aesthetically within the surrounding community, with the main entrance facing Pikes Peak. The new facility will serve the health care needs of the northwest Pikes Peak region.
JE Dunn also recently celebrated the completion of the 4,300-sq-ft UMB Bank at Stapleton, located at Quebec Street and 36th Avenue. The bank also incorporates energy-saving features throughout and includes a green roof, covered with low-growing grass complete with an irrigation system.
Times-Call to Build New Press Facility
Printing of the Longmont Times-Call and Loveland Reporter-Herald will move to a new $20-million production facility in 2009, including a new press and inserting equipment.
Lehman Communications publishes the Loveland Reporter-Herald, Longmont Times-Call, Lafayette News, Erie Review, Louisville Times and Superior Observer. All are currently printed on the company’s existing press in Longmont. The company will purchase a new MAN Roland high-speed press and expand its production operations into a 60,000-sq-ft plant to be built in Berthoud.
The company also is designing and building a new production plant.
For design and project management work, LCC has engaged Billy Dashiell of the Norfolk, Va., engineering firm Robert G. Dashiell Jr. Inc., which specializes in designing newspaper plants. Landmark Engineering of Loveland is assisting with civil engineering work.
GE Johnson Completes Rockefeller Preserve
GE Johnson Construction Co. of Colorado Springs recently completed construction on The Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve Center at the base of the Teton Mountain Range, just north of Jackson, Wyo., in Grand Teton National Park.
The LSR Preserve Center, a gift from the Rockefeller family, was designed to give visitors an opportunity to experience nature, as well as tell the story of how the Rockefeller family, working with the National Park Service, donated land to establish Grand Teton National Park and contributed to the American conservation movement.
The design team worked to reduce the environmental impact of the building, save energy and water and design a building that fits within the setting of the Teton mountain range. The 7,500-sq-ft visitor center uses 85% less energy than a conventional building and is heated using ground-source heat pump technology.
The project is anticipating a LEED-platinum certification. The LSR Preserve Center is the only LEED certification project in Wyoming. To date, there are only 51 platinum-certified projects in the United States.
M-E Engineers of Wheat Ridge and Carney Architects of Jackson Hole, Wyo., also worked on the project.
RE/MAX HQ Named Office Building of the Year
The RE/MAX International Headquarters building was awarded “Office Project of the Year” by the Denver Metro Commercial Association of Realtors and the University of Denver Franklin L. Burns School of Real Estate and Construction Management in November.
RE/MAX International, Shea Properties, Barber Architecture and The Weitz Co. partnered to complete the landmark building in February. Barber Architecture configured the multi-level parking structure to serve as a buffer between I-25 to the west of the tower and the pedestrian activity and courtyard on the east.
The Weitz Co., the general contractor, took an aggressive 18-month schedule combined with a tight urban site and completed the 240,000-sq-ft high-rise and its accompanying 290,000-sq-ft parking garage on time and on budget. Weitz managed construction of the state-of-the-art training facility, fully functional broadcast facility, 40-ft lobby ceilings and high-tech conference rooms.
BleekerVigesaa Begins Work on Final Palizzi Building
Brighton-based BleekerVigesaa General Contractors has started construction on the final retail building at the Palizzi Marketplace Shopping Center in Brighton.
The existing 96,000-sq-ft center, owned by Westwood Financial Corp., is anchored by King Soopers and is 100% leased. The new 3,500-sq-ft retail building is available for lease to a single tenant or to multiple tenants that need 1,000 to 1,500 sq ft.
Pinkard Breaks Ground on $7.5M Brent’s Place
Pinkard Construction Co. of Lakewood, the Brent Eley Foundation and Denver-based JG Johnson Architects have broken ground on Brent’s Place, a home for recovering cancer patients and their families.
Built adjacent to the Fitzsimons Campus, Brent’s Place will be a four-story residential-type building with 16 apartments and approximately 28,291 gross sq ft, including an at-grade parking garage with a storage mezzanine. The building will be constructed of wood-stud framing and OSB sheathing, lightweight concrete floor topping, wood framing throughout, with hard-coat stucco plaster and simulated masonry veneer.
Brent’s Place will be heated and cooled using geothermal energy with a two-pipe heat pump system. The project will be designed to meet the Built-Green Colorado program of the Homebuilders Association of Denver.
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