4400 Fox Street

Earlier this week, the City's planning board determined that the Fox Park Redevelopment plan conforms with the guidelines in the Colorado Comprehensive Plan and will move one step closer to fruition.

The property currently consists of a 299,498 square foot industrial building once home to the Denver Post's printing and distribution facility from 1986 until 2007. Since being left vacant, there have been numerous reports of vandalism and illegal dumping, making the site a blighted area prime for redevelopment.

The site is zoned C-MX-12, C-RX-12 and C-RX-8 which permits a wide variety of retail, office and residential development up to 12 stories.

Pure Development will be the developer leading the project. Based out of Indianapolis, Pure Development aims to create spaces that contain a harmonious blend of commerce, residence and recreation.

Fox Park is expected to have a hotel, 330k square feet of creative office space, 34k square feet of retail, 80k square feet of culture & entrainment space, 14 acres of park/open space.

To earn the city's approval, the developer is entering a development agreement with the city and County of Denver. The agreement requires Fox Park to reserve 7% of the residential units for affordable housing at 80% of the annual median income.

Through an agreement with Habitat for Humanity, Fox Park will pledge $4.25 million for an affordable homeownership fund for the Globeville neighborhood and will enter a $2 million agreement with Birdseed Collective to fund housing assistance and economic development opportunities for Globeville residents.

Fox Park will commit to constructing off-site infrastructure to support connections to the 41st & Fox Station area. These improvements are designed to allow smooth traffic transitions between Fox Park and the surrounding areas.

Fox Park also agrees to clean the surrounding contaminated land impacted by the Asarco Globe Plant Smelter to residential building standards.

Lastly, Fox Park will commit to providing a higher percentage of park and open-space normally required for similar large scale developments, while also agreeing to maintain and own the park in perpetuity.

We're certainly looking forward to Denver's next large scale redevelopment space and will check back with updates further along in the development process.