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.
Some 12 million sf of office space has been added to the CBD since 1980. The office vacancy rate in the fourth quarter had stood at 5.5%, a 20-year low.
A dozen destination attractions have been built, expanded or refurbished since 1990. They include Coors Field, Denver Public Library, Pepsi Center and Denver Pavilions. The number of restaurants downtown has grown to 270 from 170 in 1993.
The Regional Transportation District's free mall shuttle buses have provided more than 15 million trips last year on the 16th Street Mall, which forms the "spine" of downtown. And, the center city's population has grown to 65,477, up from 53,126 in 1992.
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