DENVER-Westfield Co. recently opened 1800 Larimer St., the first high-rise office building constructed in Denver’s central business district in 25 years. According to a release, 1800 Larimer is also “one of the largest office buildings begun and completed in the US since the commercial real estate market crash started in 2008.”
Developed by Westfield and designed by international architectural firm RNL, the 500,000-square-foot glass-clad building offers LEED Platinum design and a next generation business environment, utilizing innovative advanced air flow and lighting systems. At completion, the 22-story building is 80% leased and will be the headquarters for Xcel Energy, Frederick Ross Co. and Westfield Co.
As GlobeSt.com previously reported, Xcel Energy signed a 330,000-square-foot prelease commitment in May of 2008, taking up 14 floors of the 22-story building. The deal also included expansion rights. The company’s lead broker for the transaction, Barry Dorfman of Staubach, told GlobeSt.com at the time that Xcel was drawn to 1800 Larimer in large part because Westfield is vying to have one of the first office buildings in the nation to achieve the US Green Building Council’s highest certification level, known as LEED Platinum, for its core and shell. “Xcel wanted to get most of their people under one roof to promote culture while also being environmental stewards,” Dorfman said to GlobeSt.com at the time. “There were really nine options, eight of them being new construction, all of them Downtown,” and most of them needing an anchor tenant like Xcel to take to the bank to get their construction financing.
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Natalie Dolce, editor-in-chief of GlobeSt.com and GlobeSt. Real Estate Forum, is responsible for working with editorial staff, freelancers and senior management to help plan the overarching vision that encompasses GlobeSt.com, including short-term and long-term goals for the website, how content integrates through the company’s other product lines and the overall quality of content. Previously she served as national executive editor and editor of the West Coast region for GlobeSt.com and Real Estate Forum, and was responsible for coverage of news and information pertaining to that vital real estate region. Prior to moving out to the Southern California office, she was Northeast bureau chief, covering New York City for GlobeSt.com. Her background includes a stint at InStyle Magazine, and as managing editor with New York Press, an alternative weekly New York City paper. In her career, she has also covered a variety of beats for M magazine, Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel, FashionLedge.com, and Co-Ed magazine. Dolce has also freelanced for a number of publications, including MSNBC.com and Museums New York magazine.
