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Grand Opening of Sienna on Sloans Lake

City leaders joined Denver Mayor Michael Hancock to celebrate the grand opening of the new affordable housing community, Sienna on Sloans Lake. The adaptive reuse of the 1941 Kuhlman Building brings 49 affordable units to the former St. Anthony's Hospital Campus. VMWP is proud to […]

Congratulations to VMWP’s Jeos Oreamuno

Congratulations to VMWP’s Jeos Oreamuno on becoming 2019’s Co-Chair of the Regional + Urban Design Knowledge Committee for AIA Colorado! Jeos has been involved in multi-family urban infill, adaptive reuse projects from concept design through construction documentation offering visual graphics, schematic design, code analysis, and consultant coordination.

VMWP is a Finalist in C40’s Reinventing Cities Competition

Van Meter Williams Pollack has been shortlisted to proceed to final phase of the Reinventing Cities Competition, for Hallidie Plaza in San Francisco. Last week we announced the 82 teams of architects, urban planners, developers, entrepreneurs, environmentalists, and neighbourhood collectives that will compete in the final […]

VMWP’s Elaine Uang to Receive an ATHENA Award

Elaine Uang will be honored with an ATHENA award for her contributions in the Palo Alto community. The Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce recognizes Ms. Uang as a role model in the architectural field and acknowledges her exceptional dedication to serve the community. “The ATHENA Award […]

Crossing Pointe Groundbreaking

THORNTON, CO. – Wednesday, August 8, 2018, elected officials; community leaders; and senior, housing, and health advocates came together today to celebrate the groundbreaking of Crossing Pointe North at 104th and Colorado in Thornton. City of Thornton Mayor Heidi Williams; Cris White, Executive Director and CEO of […]

VMWP Among Best for Colorado 2018 Honorees

The "Best for Colorado Honoree” is an award given by the non-profit company B Lab in recognition of VMWP meeting rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. VMWP received a score of 106.9 and was boosted into the top percentile by the work we […]

Cardinal comes home with $35M apartment purchase in Boulder

Source: Colorado Real Estate Journal ; Author: Jill Jamieson-Nichols A Denver company with thousands of apartment units across the country paid $35 million, or $301,724 per unit, for its first Boulder asset. Cardinal Group Investments purchased Uptown Broadway from an affiliate of Los Angeles-based CityView. The transaction […]

The first wave of new affordable apartments in Westwood are already leased out

Source: The Denverite Posted by Adrian D. Garcia | Nov. 08, 2017 “The demand for affordable housing in Denver is off the charts.” The first of seven affordable apartment buildings officially opens Wednesday in Westwood, but don’t expect to find any of the 39 units available. The need for affordable […]

Denver celebrates opening of first phase of new affordable housing development in Westwood

Source: The Denver Channel Wednesday, November 8, 2017 DENVER – City officials are celebrating the opening of Denver’s newest affordable housing complex. Del Corazon is a $40 million, 4.5-acre development at 4400 Morrison Rd. in the Westwood neighborhood that replaces two mobile home parks the city said were “highly distressed.” Del Corazon […]

Rick Williams, Presenter at Housing Leadership Day

"Practical Steps to Creating Teacher Housing" HEART welcomed over 60 educators and housing supporters to a “nuts and bolts” workshop on how to prepare a feasibility study of a teacher housing project. Four distinguished guest panelists described the critical steps districts need to take to asses […]

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