RTD’s North Metro rail line, which will run 12.5 miles from Denver Union Station to 124th Avenue in Thornton, has officially broken ground. Each new rail line is a catalyst for Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) in metro Denver, and the impact the rail expansion will have on the entire metropolitan area is significant. During the groundbreaking, […]
Affordable Housing Meets FasTracks
January 22, 2014 by 1 Comment
No one expected the boom of apartment development around the redevelopment site of Denver’s Union Station to happen as quickly as it did. This year, prepare to see a new 108-unit affordable-housing rental development in a sea of costlier apartments, amid some of the most expensive office space in Colorado, and on land that draws […]
The Transformation of Denver’s Transportation
January 13, 2014 by 4 Comments
Regional Transportation District’s (RTD) sprawling FasTracks project, which includes laying more than 100 miles of rail tracks throughout metro Denver, and transforming the old station into a transportation hub, will begin construction of the North Metro commuter rail line in the spring of 2014. This line will carry passengers from Denver Union Station to 124th […]