410 17th St. BusinessDen file photo.
Tracy Huggins hasn’t moved in 30 years.
“It feels in many ways that we have come full circle,” Huggins said.
The executive director of the Denver Urban Renewal Authority told BusinessDen that her agency is relocating to a new 7,000-square-foot office on an 11-year lease at 410 17th St. in Upper Downtown in July.
The quasi-governmental agency will leave its current space in the Denver Dry Goods building at 1555 California St. as the building undergoes redevelopment.
Both moves – this one and the one before – shine a light into the state of Downtown Denver’s real estate market.
“I don’t think we looked at anything near Union Station,” Huggins said of the upcoming move.
Tracy Huggins
The goal was to stay downtown, though. The office space search stayed mostly between Lawrence and Broadway.
Huggins has worked at DURA since 1992, first as its “one-person accounting department” before becoming its executive director in 2000. The agency, created by Denver in 1958, helps redevelop blighted and derelict parts of the city into new housing. It’s playing a role in a number of ongoing notable projects, from the Evans School redevelopment in the Golden Triangle to Fox Park’s massive 41-acre project where Interstates 70 and 25 meet.
Shortly after joining the authority, Huggins had to move offices. Back then, it was at 999 18th St. It moved to the Denver Dry Goods building in 1994.
“DURA moved into the Denver Dry very intentionally, because, as part of its redevelopment efforts, we needed to be in there and pay rent and help pay the financing costs associated with the whole redevelopment,” she said.
“It was the first mixed-income, mixed-use project in Denver, and we were so proud to be a part of the revitalization.”
DURA has about 8,500 square feet on the building’s second floor for its 14 employees. Right above it was Visit Denver, which moved to Block 162 at 675 15th St. last year. Both office spaces, along with some of the building’s existing retail on the second floor, are being converted into income-restricted apartments.
Huggins said the project is “exactly what downtown needs.” So she’s happy to make the move.
“We are back in an economic environment where we are again looking to continue to enhance the residential opportunities, to continue to bring retail, to revitalize vacant office buildings,” Huggins said.
“We’ve come full circle in our efforts here.”
410 17th St. BusinessDen file photo.
Tracy Huggins hasn’t moved in 30 years.
“It feels in many ways that we have come full circle,” Huggins said.
The executive director of the Denver Urban Renewal Authority told BusinessDen that her agency is relocating to a new 7,000-square-foot office on an 11-year lease at 410 17th St. in Upper Downtown in July.
The quasi-governmental agency will leave its current space in the Denver Dry Goods building at 1555 California St. as the building undergoes redevelopment.
Both moves – this one and the one before – shine a light into the state of Downtown Denver’s real estate market.
“I don’t think we looked at anything near Union Station,” Huggins said of the upcoming move.
Tracy Huggins
The goal was to stay downtown, though. The office space search stayed mostly between Lawrence and Broadway.
Huggins has worked at DURA since 1992, first as its “one-person accounting department” before becoming its executive director in 2000. The agency, created by Denver in 1958, helps redevelop blighted and derelict parts of the city into new housing. It’s playing a role in a number of ongoing notable projects, from the Evans School redevelopment in the Golden Triangle to Fox Park’s massive 41-acre project where Interstates 70 and 25 meet.
Shortly after joining the authority, Huggins had to move offices. Back then, it was at 999 18th St. It moved to the Denver Dry Goods building in 1994.
“DURA moved into the Denver Dry very intentionally, because, as part of its redevelopment efforts, we needed to be in there and pay rent and help pay the financing costs associated with the whole redevelopment,” she said.
“It was the first mixed-income, mixed-use project in Denver, and we were so proud to be a part of the revitalization.”
DURA has about 8,500 square feet on the building’s second floor for its 14 employees. Right above it was Visit Denver, which moved to Block 162 at 675 15th St. last year. Both office spaces, along with some of the building’s existing retail on the second floor, are being converted into income-restricted apartments.
Huggins said the project is “exactly what downtown needs.” So she’s happy to make the move.
“We are back in an economic environment where we are again looking to continue to enhance the residential opportunities, to continue to bring retail, to revitalize vacant office buildings,” Huggins said.
“We’ve come full circle in our efforts here.”
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