DENVER: Who Needs a Car Anymore?
Denver's Baker neighborhood will be getting its first new housing in a decade when Wood Partners delivers the 338-unit Alta Alameda Station, opening next month at least 60% leased (it's particularly good news for the heavily retailed area). Director for the Rocky Mountain region Tim McEntee tells us one of the main attractions of the location at 275 Cherokee St is walkability—it gets a Walk Score of 89 (Very Walkable), but even better is its Bike Score of 92. (Being in the Rockies though, it has a terrible Surf Score.)
The site has a long and colorful history. During WWII, a canning facility churned out rations for the troops; later, the site was home to a Coors bottling plant and the Denver Studio complex, where 22 Perry Mason movies-of-the-week were filmed (and where 22 witnesses confessed to being the real killer on the stand). These days, Alta Alameda Station is a LEED Gold TOD that includes a set-aside route for a bicycle-pedestrian path that connects to the Alameda Light Rail station and the Platte River Greenway.
