3301 N. Dahlia Street
A new affordable homeownership community is being proposed along Dahlia Street in Northeast Park Hill.
Plans submitted to the City of Denver call for 36 two-story, for-sale townhomes totaling approximately 50,000 square feet. All 36 homes would be income-restricted, with no market-rate units included in the current proposal.
The project, identified in application materials as Dahlia Townhomes, is being pursued by Shanahan Development. The development team has also expressed interest in Denver’s Proposition 123 Fast Track process, which provides an expedited review pathway for qualifying affordable housing projects. The filing lists the homes as affordable to households earning at or below 100% of the area median income.
Concept drawings prepared by Bryant Flink Architecture + Design show a long row of attached townhomes extending between East 33rd Avenue and East Bruce Randolph Avenue. The buildings would face Dahlia Street, with individual front porches, pitched roofs and a mix of exterior materials intended to give the community the appearance of a collection of smaller residences rather than one continuous building.
Each home is currently shown with three bedrooms, two full bathrooms and a powder room. The first floor would contain the kitchen, dining and living areas, while the bedrooms and laundry would be located upstairs. The site plan also includes 36 surface parking spaces positioned behind the homes, providing approximately one space per unit.
The development team is seeking to vacate approximately 20 feet of public right-of-way along Dahlia Street. The application notes that a similar strip immediately south of the property was vacated by Denver in 2000, reducing that portion of Dahlia’s right-of-way from approximately 100 feet to 80 feet. The proposed vacation would bring the project frontage into alignment with that neighboring section.
The plans remain conceptual and are subject to further city review. The application will also require an affordable housing plan approved by Denver’s Department of Housing Stability before advancing through the Proposition 123 review process.
One point remains unclear in the submitted documents: the city application identifies the project address as 3301 N. Dahlia Street, while the architectural drawings label the property as 3335 N. Dahlia Street.
We will continue following the project as the plans move through review.