Revitalization of the Neighborhoods in Denver

[Brian_M]

Originally Posted by David Aguilar

The thing we have going on in Denver is, newcomers flock to the extreme inner and outer cores of the metro. It's either the hip and posh city neighborhoods or the furthest out suburbs. Has that always been the case?

Not all of us. My wife and I bought in Ruby Park (just west of SantaFe)... kinda right in the middle... 10 minutes from downtown, 20 from Golden, 40 from DIA.

And I don't know what you consider 'cheap/affordable', but getting away from the older homes in Denver city/county and the Quality of home (building itself) dropped substantially. There's no way we would have bought the homes in the under $200k (with a garage, we didn't look at Any homes without a garage since I'm a mechanic) in Wheat Ridge, Arvada, Westminster, Thorton, Littleton, Lakewood, etc... (we stayed mostly west of I25 because my wife thought she'd be employed in Golden). By far, the best home for the dollar (again, in terms of building quality) were all within Denver city limits ~ we found 3 we tried to buy and zero in all other areas/burbs. Some of the houses were downright Scary with the structural damage they showed.

Brian

[Mike from back east]

Originally Posted by livecontent

... I think the biggest area that will see new redevelopment will be along the West Line Corridor of the Fastracks Commuter Rail Project. This line is now under construction and will be completed in 2013. You will notice that many lots have been cleared near Wadsworth and 13th for the station and you will see development along this area. It is just south of Sloan's Lake and we will see good development in Edgewater. I think Edgewater is starting to be discovered as it is close to the largest lakes in Denver, which has public access; Marston is bigger but is restricted. Edgewater also has nice small walkable business areas that can be really look good with some growth.

In addition, we will have the land available for a large project from the old St. Anthony site on West 17th, once the hospital relocates. We will see many developments along this commuter rail line and around the stations, as it runs along the Lakewood Gulch and Sanchez Park which would be ideal for new housing near the open space.

Livecontent

From 30+ years of watching how DC and suburbs redeveloped due to their Metro Subway (heavy rail) system, it's obvious that Denver will see massive changes along the emerging rail lines. Seen it all before. It's a good thing.

The message, especially to the younger generation, is to locate near a rail line as this will be key to mobility in the future, as well as high resale values someday.

[Count David]

Originally Posted by Brian_M

Not all of us. My wife and I bought in Ruby Park (just west of SantaFe)... kinda right in the middle... 10 minutes from downtown, 20 from Golden, 40 from DIA.

And I don't know what you consider 'cheap/affordable', but getting away from the older homes in Denver city/county and the Quality of home (building itself) dropped substantially. There's no way we would have bought the homes in the under $200k (with a garage, we didn't look at Any homes without a garage since I'm a mechanic) in Wheat Ridge, Arvada, Westminster, Thorton, Littleton, Lakewood, etc... (we stayed mostly west of I25 because my wife thought she'd be employed in Golden). By far, the best home for the dollar (again, in terms of building quality) were all within Denver city limits ~ we found 3 we tried to buy and zero in all other areas/burbs. Some of the houses were downright Scary with the structural damage they showed.

Brian

Yes, I am aware that you are the exception.

Cheap/affordable is most anything under $175K IMO.