Downtown Growing by Leaps and Bounds

DENVER-The Downtown Denver Partnership is smiling over a recent report that quantifies a decade of transition. All aspects of downtown life have risen significantly in the past decade and office vacancy at the fourth quarter close is at a 20-year low.John RebchookDENVER-Those who haven’t visited the Mile High City during the last 10 years, would be startled by how much it has changed.

The Downtown Denver Partnership Inc. recently has released a report quantifying the transition that has taken place. The findings show that the number of downtown workers has jumped 11% to 113,000 in 2000 from the 102,000 in 1992.

More than 50 vacant buildings have been redeveloped during the past decade. Most of them have been converted into housing, but a few are commercial mixed-use projects. Since 1991, close to 1,500 housing units have been created downtown.