If approved, the $400M project would transform the city?s skyline Denver may be known for many things?like craft beer, the Broncos, and access to skiing?but skyscrapers is not one of them. A Manhattan developer wants to change that, however, with plans for a 90-story high-rise in downtown Denver that would become the city?s tallest skyscraper.
Greenwich Realty Capital on Wednesday released details for a 1,000-foot high-rise it plans to construct at 650 17th St., in the center of the city?s central business district. Called Six Fifty 17, the mixed-use building would measure more than 1 million square feet and would include plans for 284 luxury condos, a hotel, 22,000 square feet of retail space, and 500 parking spots.
A 90-story building would exceed the 984-foot limit that takes a building from merely tall to supertall. Cities like New York City are in the midst of a supertall boom, with 24 different supertall skyscrapers either completed, under construction, or in the development phrase. Denver, however, currently doesn?t have any supertall skyscrapers. If built, the proposed 1,000-foot Greenwich Realty Capital building would dwarf its competitors and climb 286 feet taller than Denver?s current tallest building, the 714-foot, 56-story Republic Plaza.

Before it can be built Six Fifty 17 will have to clear the city?s approval process. While Greenwich co-founder and managing partner Michael Ursini told the Denver Post that the project is ?100 percent going forward?...