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Colorado Construction | October 2009
The Best Colorado Projects of 2009
COLORADO CONSTRUCTION
GOLD: Outstanding Renovation/Restoration Project Aromor Apartments, Denver, Colorado
Aromor Apartment building, originally built in 1928 and a historic Denver landmark, has been renovated into a living facility for the city's less fortunate. The newly renovated building contains 66 single-room occupancy apartments and social-services facilities for support of the residents, including a computer lab, visiting physicians' office, social workers' offices, conference and meeting rooms and a separate office facility.
The building required extensive asbestos removal before construction began. However, after construction started, a large amount of additional asbestos was discovered above the third-floor ceiling. The building was also in severe disrepair due to years of neglect while it was occupied.
SILVER: Outstanding Multifamily/Hospitality Project One Lincoln Park, Denver, Colorado
The 32-story One Lincoln Park sits on the east side of Denver's central business district and features 177 for-sale luxury residential units. It offers approximately 321,000 gross square feet of mixed-use residential space located directly across the street from the Regional Transportation District's 20th Street light rail station.
Colorado Construction | May 2009
The $100-million, 32-story One Lincoln Park residential development in downtown Denver features 186 luxury residential units and a unique design that has changed the skyline at the eastern edge of Denver's central business district.
A fresh new addition to Denver's skyline also brings with it an air of sophisticated Chicago architecture that dresses up an otherwise mundane neighborhood. One Lincoln Park opened this spring as one of downtown Denver's largest transit-oriented developments. It offers approximately 321,000 gross sq ft of mixed-use residential space located directly across the street from the Regional Transportation District's 20th Street light rail station.
"This part of the city has always been seen as a void of surface parking areas that create a disconnect from the core of downtown to Denver's Uptown neighborhood,." Yonushewski says. "We hope this is the first of many TOD-residential projects to activate this area, redefining a new urban edge that provides future opportunities for sustainable, mixed-use, urban housing."
AIA Colorado | March 4, 2009
The AIA National 2009 Jury of Fellows has elevated three AIA Colorado members to its prestigious College of Fellows, an honor awarded to members who have made significant contributions to the profession: Martha L. Bennett, FAIA, Stephen K. Loos, FAIA, John Yonushewski, FAIA.
Out of a national membership of more than 86,000, there are fewer than 2,600 AIA members distinguished with the honor of fellowship.
The new fellows, will be invested in the College of Fellows at the 2009 AIA National Convention and Design Exposition in San Francisco on May 1.
Colorado Real Estate Journal | February 18- March 3, 2009
Semple Brown Design, CommArts and Buchanan Yonushewski Group are under way with creative concepts and plans to transform the overall image of Denver Pavilions for $94.5 million in July in partnership with ING Clarion Partners LLC, plans to invest $25 million in renovations and tenant incentives designed to create a more inviting customer-centered environment. BYG will serve as the general contractor for the Denver Pavilions renovation.
Rocky Mountain News | December 4, 2008
The cork on top of the giant champagne bottle sign hanging on the side of the new home of Argonaut Liquor & Wine figuratively popped at 10 a.m. Wednesday when the new liquor lair officially opened.
Argonaut, a business owned and operated by the Robinson family for roughly 40 years, moved a few paces east of the old store, now closed, on East Colfax Avenue. The new 40,000-square-foot store on East Colfax and Clarkson, built from the ground up, is nearly twice the size of the old digs.
"I'm told that the old store would fit into those coolers," Mayor John Hickenlooper said, gesturing toward the glass doors where the beer hibernates. Hizzoner was invited to cut the ceremonial red ribbon signifying the official grand opening.
Co-owner and co-founder Hank Robinson's son-in-law Ron Vaughn flew around the store like a mother bird tending her nest. "The reviews are 100 percent positive. We were in the planning stage for a year with an 11-month construction. We took a lot of time planning it, and I think it shows."
"This is a big day for (the Robinsons) and a big day for our city," said architect and general contractor Brad Buchanan of Buchanan Yonushewski Group.
Rocky Mountain News | August 16, 2008
With a wave of visitors set to hit Denver this month for the Democratic National Convention, and the belief that people who live here should keep an eye on what's going up in their backyard, here are some suggestions on how to appreciate our ever-growing city. What follows are 10 places well worth a visit.
ONE LINCOLN PARK
• What, where: residential tower, 100 E. 20th Avenue.
• Why look: This 32-story project injects life into a somewhat desolate part of town at an intersection that can be one big tangle. And if you're sitting in that intersection, you can see that designers Buchanan Yonushewski Group have placed this high-rise on a fairly pedestrian podium. Move away a few blocks and suddenly the high-rise takes its place on the skyline. The most memorable feature: its curved roofline, topping upper floors that are set back and more detailed than the lower level.