State of Downtown Denver 2016

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BILLION TOTAL INVESTMENT IN DOWNTOWN DENVER THROUGH DEVELOPMENTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND PLANNED

COMPANIES THAT HAVE RELOCATED TO OR EXPANDED IN DOWNTOWN DENVER OVER PAST 24 MONTHS

@

STATE OF DOWNTOWN

88

DENVER 2016

TOTAL MILES OF RAIL CONNECTED TO DOWNTOWN DENVER BY END OF 2016

13.2%

EMPLOYMENT GROWTH IN DOWNTOWN DENVER SINCE 2010

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Downtown Denver Partnership, Inc.

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3X

DOWNTOWN’S RESIDENTIAL POPULATION HAS ALMOST TRIPLED SINCE 2000

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 3

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INTRODUCTION RANKINGS

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DOWNTOWN DENVER’S STRATEGIC VISION

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DEVELOPMENT + INVESTMENT

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OFFICE MARKET + EMPLOYERS

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WORKFORCE

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STUDENTS + UNIVERSITIES

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RESIDENTS

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RETAIL + RESTAURANTS

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MOBILITY

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PUBLIC SPACE + ACTIVATION

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TOURISM + ATTRACTIONS

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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INTRODUCTION Downtown Denver is thriving. With strong economic growth and a dynamic energy, it’s a place where people want to live and work. As a result, it’s a place where companies want to locate.

Population and employment growth in Downtown Denver is among the strongest in the country, with Downtown’s residential population almost tripling since 2000 and total employment at a record high.

Forbes crowned Denver as the best place for business and careers and U.S. News and World Report declared Denver the best place to live in the country.

In the past 24 months alone, 24 companies have relocated their headquarters or expanded into Downtown Denver. A hub of entrepreneurship and innovation, hundreds of new companies are also founding and growing their businesses here, employing thousands of people and raising hundreds of millions of capital.

The Downtown Denver Partnership’s intentional place-based economic development approach has helped create this powerful economic engine for the city, state and region. Innovative, results-driven strategies have ensured Downtown Denver is an economically healthy, growing, and vital center city.

This year’s State of Downtown Denver details the growth, investment, and transformation by innovators, city-builders and place-makers. We encourage you to join them by leveraging the information in this report to encourage continued investment in Downtown Denver.

WANT EVEN MORE? • Become a Member: Email info@downtowndenver.com • Engage: Facebook (Downtown Denver), Twitter (DENPartnership and DowntownDenver), Instagram (Downtown_Denver) • Learn More: www.downtowndenver.com

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RANKINGS housing market place for business of 2016 and careers 1ST Best 1ST Best place to live 1ST Hottest recessionmetro area for economic city in the country recovered city & job growth to find a job 1ST Best 2ND Best 3RD Easiest Best city for Best U.S. city to become Best city for young 3RD technology jobs 4TH entrepreneurs 4TH an entrepreneur - Forbes

- U.S. News and World Report

- Area Development

- Forbes

- WalletHub

- Simply Hired

- Investopedia

- NerdWallet

3rd Best city for college graduates 4th Top emerging technology center 4th Best market for STEM professionals 4th Highest increase in new housing

- Rent.com

4th Most bikeable city in the U.S. 5th Most startup activity 6th Best U.S. city for foodies in 2015 6th Most active city

- Walkscore

- Kauffman Index

- JLL

- WalletHub

- Freddie Mac

&

- Zillow

- Nerdwallet

- BetterDoctor

2ND Most improved unemployment rate over the past ten years - Headlight • 3RD Highest percentage of adult population with full-time employment - Gallup • 3RD Most dog-friendly city - SmartAsset • 8TH Most future-ready city in the country - Dell • 6TH Best city for IT professionals - InformationWeek • 3RD Lowest number of homes with negative equity - Zillow • 6TH Hottest commercial real estate market - Urban Land Institute • 1ST Best city to live in the West - Money Magazine • 2ND Highest number of construction jobs added - Associated General Contractors • 7TH Best city for sports travel - SeatGeek and Hotels.com • 1ST Best beer city in America CNN • 3RD Best city for retirees - Bankers Life Center for a Secure Retirement • 6TH Best city for green office space - National Green Building Adoption Index • 6TH Largest share of rich millennials - Zillow • 1ST Best place to be a real estate agent - WalletHub

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DOWNTOWN DENVER’S STRATEGIC VISION The Downtown Denver Partnership aligns the commitment of public and private sector leaders to create and implement the strategic vision for a world-class center city.

Downtown Area Plan: The 2007 Downtown Area Plan set forth a vision to make Downtown Denver one of the most livable places in the world.

Downtown Denver’s public and private sector leaders are actively working to implement the plan and are committed to bringing the plan to fruition. The vision elements and accompanying strategies guiding Downtown Denver are:

Prosperous

Walkable

Diverse

Distinctive

Green

• The Downtown

• An Outstanding Pedestrian Environment

• Downtown Living

• District Evolution

• A Family-Friendly Place

• Building on Transit

• Connecting Auraria

• An Outdoor Downtown

• Embracing Adjacent Neighborhoods

• Downtown’s New Neighborhood: Arapahoe Square

of the Rocky Mountain Region • Energizing the Commercial Core • A Comprehensive Retail Strategy • Clean and Safe

• Bicycle City

• Park the Car Once • Grand Boulevards

• An International Downtown

• A Rejuvenated Civic Center • Sustainable Use of Resources

Major Downtown Planning Initiatives: The Mall Experience: The Future of Denver’s 16th Street Mall The City and County of Denver and the Downtown Denver Partnership are working with Gehl Studio, a global leader in people-centered urban design, with the goal of bringing more people to the Mall more often and having them stay longer. To achieve that, we’re studying Mall activity and conducting public outreach to identify ways to help the Mall reach its full potential as a welcoming place for everyone, and the heart of a vibrant downtown.

The Outdoor Downtown: The Future of Denver’s Parks and Public Spaces Denver Parks & Recreation and the Downtown Denver Partnership are collaborating to create an innovative master plan for Downtown Denver’s outdoor spaces. The 20-year plan will focus on investment in Downtown’s parks and public spaces to enhance the quality of life, and create a sustainable, vibrant downtown that is economically healthy and growing.

The Next Stage: The Future of Denver’s Performing Arts Complex Denver Arts & Venues, in partnership with other City agencies and the community, including the Downtown Denver Partnership, has announced its vision for the future of the Denver Performing Arts Complex. The vision includes facilities and activities that support music, youth education and the further development of the neighborhood to contribute to a diverse, vibrant and economically thriving Downtown.

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Boundaries This report uses two geographic definitions as shown on the map below. Downtown Denver refers to the core of Downtown Denver as set forth by the 2007 Downtown Area Plan. The Center City Neighborhood boundary includes Downtown Denver and its surrounding residential neighborhoods. While not used in this report, the map below shows the boundary of the Downtown Denver Business Improvement District, a public organization funded by private commercial property owners. The 120 block District provides a clean, safe and vibrant downtown environment for workers, residents and visitors.

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COMMERCIAL CORE

Sources: Downtown Denver Partnership, 2007 Downtown Area Plan, City and County of Denver

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DEVELOPMENT + INVESTMENT Developers are responding to increased demand for residential housing, office space and hotel rooms in Downtown Denver propelled by strong population and job growth, as well as key public-sector investments.

15 development projects were completed in Downtown Denver in 2015, representing: • $634,700,000 of investment

Increasing Investment in Downtown Denver $3.0B

$2.5B

$2.25B

• 511 additional hotel rooms • 1,901 additional residential units • 333,000 additional square feet of office space

As of mid-2016, there are 18 projects under construction and 14 projects planned for development in Downtown Denver, representing:

$1.50B

$750M

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

Future

Variety of Project Types

• $2,471,940,000 of investment • 1,230 additional hotel rooms • 4,592 additional residential units • 2,770,300 additional square feet of office space

0%

25% Residential Mixed-Use Office

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75%

Government + Academic Institutions Hotel Entertainment + Culture Transportation + Public Realm

100%

DEVELOPMENT BY DISTRICT SINCE 2010

7

$464,200,000 INVESTMENT

800 UNITS 150 ROOMS HOTEL

HOTEL

HOTEL

376 UNITS

Arapahoe Square

Auraria

Ballpark

TOTAL INVESTMENT: $205 Million TOTAL COMPLETED PROJECTS: 5 TOTAL FUTURE PROJECTS: 3

TOTAL INVESTMENT: $509 Million TOTAL COMPLETED PROJECTS: 7 TOTAL FUTURE PROJECTS: 3

TOTAL INVESTMENT: $75 Million TOTAL COMPLETED PROJECTS: 2 TOTAL FUTURE PROJECTS: 0

3,625 UNITS

LEGEND

2,116,500 SQUARE FEET

TOTAL HOTEL TOTAL RESIDENTIAL TOTAL SQUARE FEET DOLLARS INVESTED ROOMS ADDED UNITS ADDED OF OFFICE ADDED IN MAJOR PROJECTS HOTEL

2,087 ROOMS

HOTEL

1,093,000 SQUARE FEET

HOTEL

$697,200,000 INVESTED

RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL

PROJECT TOTALS

CIVIC

NO OR INSIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT

Totals include projects completed since 2010 and projects under construction/planned as of May 2016 946 UNITS $46,630,000 INVESTED

346 ROOMS

380 ROOMS

HOTEL

HOTEL

Commercial Core

CPV Commons

Cultural Core

TOTAL INVESTMENT: $1.38 Billion TOTAL COMPLETED PROJECTS: 11 TOTAL FUTURE PROJECTS: 6

TOTAL INVESTMENT: $1.45 Billion TOTAL COMPLETED PROJECTS: 11 TOTAL FUTURE PROJECTS: 9

TOTAL INVESTMENT: $766 Million TOTAL COMPLETED PROJECTS: 8 TOTAL FUTURE PROJECTS: 1

970,800 SQUARE FEET $479,800,000 INVESTED

1,044 UNITS $169,000,000 INVESTED 129,833 SQUARE FEET

482 ROOMS

883 UNITS

HOTEL

HOTEL

HOTEL

165 ROOMS

901 UNITS

Golden Triangle

LoDo

Prospect

TOTAL INVESTMENT: $446 Million TOTAL COMPLETED PROJECTS: 9 TOTAL FUTURE PROJECTS: 3

TOTAL INVESTMENT: $1.26 Billion TOTAL COMPLETED PROJECTS: 6 TOTAL FUTURE PROJECTS: 6

TOTAL INVESTMENT: $177 Million TOTAL COMPLETED PROJECTS: 2 TOTAL FUTURE PROJECTS: 1

Sources: Downtown Denver Partnership - For boundaries please contact the Downtown Denver Partnership.

OFFICE MARKET + EMPLOYERS Downtown Denver is an ideal place to start or grow a business. An increasing number of companies are locating in Downtown Denver resulting in strong office market fundamentals.

• Downtown Denver has a total of 36,151,490 square feet of office space.

Downtown Denver Office Market Trends

• Despite the addition of over 1 million square feet of office space in the past three years, the direct vacancy rate for the Downtown Denver office market is 9.5% as of the fourth quarter 2015. The direct average lease rate is $33.14/sf and total net absorption for 2015 was 469,427.

14%

Direct Vacancy and Lease Rates

9.5% direct vacancy rate $33.14/SF direct average lease rate 469,427SF total net absorption

$35 $30

12% 11%

9.5% $25

10%

$20

9%

$15

Vacancy Rate

4Q15

3Q15

2Q15

1Q15

4Q14

3Q14

2Q14

1Q14

4Q13

3Q13

2Q13

1Q13

4Q12

3Q12

2Q12

1Q12

4Q11

3Q11

8%

2Q11

• As of the beginning of 2016, there is 1,623,000 square feet of office space under construction and 1,147,300 square feet of office space planned for development.

$33.14

13%

1Q11

8

Avg. Lease Rate (per sf )

TOP 20 DOWNTOWN DENVER EMPLOYERS*:

(4Q15)

(4Q15)

(2015)

Accenture ALPs Fund Services Anadarko Petroleum Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield CenturyLink Comcast DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. Deloitte LLP Denver Post Encana Gates Corporation

Hyatt Regency Hotel at the Colorado Convention Center KPMG LLP Mortenson Construction Sheraton TIAA Transamerica Investments & Retirement US Bank Wells Fargo Xcel Energy * List includes only private sector, for-profit employers

A STRONG CULTURE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION Downtown Denver is committed to supporting and growing a thriving culture of innovation and entrepreneurship. The Downtown Denver Partnership, along with other community leaders, have built resources to ensure that anyone who wants to start or grow a business can do so in Downtown Denver. These resources include Denver Startup Week, the largest free entrepreneurial event in North America with over 10,000 participants, and the Commons on Champa, a public campus for entrepreneurship where businesses, nonprofits and individuals can assemble, collaborate and gain access to resources and educational content.

Now more than ever, the entrepreneurial spirit in Denver is alive and well, surging through Downtown Denver at an unprecedented rate. Over 600 startups are located in the Center City, employing 4,359 people and raising hundreds of millions of dollars of capital. The mix of a robust existing startup community, one of the most highly-educated and fastest-growing workforces in the country, and dedicated resources to support innovators at all stages make Downtown Denver the best place to start and grow a business.

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DOWNTOWN DENVER IS ATTRACTING CORPORATE EXPANSIONS AND RELOCATIONS

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United Wind Warren Resources Remote-Learner

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FiveStars Granicus Gusto JobAdder.com Pensco Trust Co. PipelineRx Sunrun

Layer3 TV

Spencer Ogden WorldRemit

Microgrid Energy World Wide Technology Inc. Kirkpatrick Bank

Poetic Systems

Map includes relocations and expansions announced between April 2014 and April 2016

Additional Downtown Denver relocations, expansions, and new offices: · DISH Network · HomeAdvisor · Transamerica Corp. · Liberty Global · MicroStar Logistics · Prologis · Zayo Group

Significant expansions have also been announced by existing Downtown Denver companies, including: · Comcast · DaVita · KPMG · TIAA

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DENVER IS A VIBRANT, GROWING CITY WHERE WE ARE EXCITED TO EXPAND OUR FOOTPRINT.

JOSH REEVES Gusto, CEO and Co-founder

Sources: CoStar, Downtown Denver Partnership, Metro Denver Economic Development Council, Denver Post, Denver Business Journal, Development Research Partners

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WORKFORCE More people are working in Downtown Denver than ever before, and the highly-educated workforce continues to grow and thrive in the center city’s urban, amenity-rich environment.

• Employment in Downtown Denver is increasing at a faster rate than U.S. employment. From 2010 to 2015, employment in Downtown Denver has increased 13.2%, while employment nation-wide has increased by 8.5%.

• Businesses located in Downtown Denver have access to a highly-educated and growing labor pool. Over 40% of the Denver Metro area residents have Bachelor’s Degree or higher. This makes Denver the seventh most educated metro area in the country. In the past five years, Denver has seen the fourth highest increase in educated residents in the country.

• Downtown Denver is the home to many of the region’s leading coding schools and bootcamps, including Galvanize, General Assembly, Secure Set, Skill Distillery and the Turing School of Software & Design.

ANDRE DURAND

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2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

Ping Identity, Chairman and CEO 2009

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THE HIGHLY EDUCATE WORKFORCE COMING TO DENVER HELPS COMPANIES LIKE OURS GROW OUR BUSINESS AND CULTIVATE GREAT TALENT.

123,548

Employment Growth in Downtown Denver

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EMPLOYMENT BY SECTOR IN METRO DENVER & DOWNTOWN DENVER DOWNTOWN DENVER

30%

31.4%

METRO DENVER

18.5%

The Professional and Business Services sector employs the most people in both Downtown Denver and the Metro Denver region.

25%

20% DOWNTOWN DENVER

METRO DENVER

15%

10%

Sources:

MANUFACTURING

TRANSP., WAREHOUSING & UTILITIES

OTHER SERVICES

EDUCATION & HEALTH SERVICES

INFORMATION

WHOLESALE & RETAIL TRADE

NATURAL RESOURCES & CONSTRUCTION

FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

LEISURE & HOSPITALITY

GOVERNMENT

PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS SERVICES

5%

Colorado Department of Labor and Employment Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (Q2 2015 data), Development Research Partners, Headlight Data analysis of ACS data, U.S. Census Bureau (ACS data), U.S. BLS Current Employment Statistics

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STUDENTS + UNIVERSITIES The plethora of educational opportunities in Downtown Denver, from traditional universities to coding bootcamps, contribute to a highly-educated workforce and help ensure businesses are able to recruit qualified employees.

• Over 54,000 students attend public, not-for-profit institutions of higher education in Downtown Denver.

• More than 10,000 students attend various trade and private for-profit institutions that have classroom space in Downtown Denver.

• The Auraria Campus is a unique higher-education community located in Downtown Denver. The 150-acre campus is home to three distinct academic institutions -University of Colorado Denver, Metropolitan State University of Denver and the Community College of Denver.

Institution

Enrollment

Metro State University of Denver

21,196

University of Colorado Denver

18,417

Community College of Denver

10,294

Colorado State University Executive MBA Program Emily Griffith Technical College TOTAL

32 4,101 54,040

• I n the past year, a variety of projects have advanced the goal of improved connections between the Auraria Campus and Downtown Denver, including enhanced, brick-like crosswalks on Speer at Larimer and Lawrence Streets and the creation of a more pedestrian-friendly crossing at Colfax and Lipan.

• The three institutions of the Auraria Campus are investing in new programs and buildings to serve current and future students and to ensure graduates are workforce-ready when they enter the Denver job market. Currently under construction, the Metro State University of Denver’s Aerospace and Engineering Sciences Building will educate students with innovative programs to meet job needs in aviation, aerospace, and advanced manufacturing. The CU Denver Wellness Center, a new 85,000sf building on Speer Blvd., will provide students with commuter services, fitness classes, a climbing wall and a lap pool when completed in 2018. The Community College of Denver recently opened a 33,280sf Advanced Manufacturing Center offering degree and certificate programs in high-demand areas, including machining and welding. Finally, the four-acre Tivoli Quad creates a new public space for all Auraria Students, as well as downtown workers, residents and visitors.

Sources: Auraria Higher Education Center, Colorado State University, Community College of Denver, Denver Infill, Emily Griffith Technical College, Metro State University of Denver, University of Colorado Denver

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RESIDENTS Attracted to vibrant walkable districts and diverse residential amenities, more and more people are choosing to live in Downtown Denver and its City Center neighborhoods.

• 75,972 people live in Downtown Denver and the Center City Neighborhoods • Downtown Denver’s projected growth rate in the next five years is 12.6%, compared to the U.S. projected growth rate of 3.7%.

• The city of Denver is one of the fastest growing cities in the U.S. with 682,545 residents. Since 2010, Denver has added an average of almost 16,000 residents per year, resulting in a population increase of over 13% in the past five years.

• 4,592 residential units are under construction or planned for development in Downtown Denver.

• Downtown has the highest walk, bike and transit scores in Denver.

• As of early 2016, the average rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Downtown Denver was $1,584 and the average rent for a studio apartment was $1,210.

Downtown Denver’s Expanding Residential Population

2015 Residential Real Estate Market

Total Homes Sold Average Sales Price Average Price/SF

Downtown Denver*

Center City*

Metro Denver*

561

1,562

61,439

$513,790

$414,144

$351,619

$418

$362

$216

* Condominiums/townhomes and detached single-family homes combined

179%

Downtown Denver Center City Neighborhoods City of Denver United States

36%

15% 4%

215% | 2000-2021 Growth Rate

50% | 2000-2021 35% | 2000-2021

10%

24% 9%

13%

Growth Rate

Growth Rate

19% | 2000-2021 Growth Rate

Growth Rate 2000-2016 Projected Growth Rate 2016-2021

GROWING AMENITIES TO SUPPORT A GROWING POPULATION High-quality amenities are central to Downtown Denver’s transition to a 24/7 city. In August 2015, King Soopers opened Downtown’s first full-service grocery store offering 47,000sf of expanded fresh and prepared food offerings tailored to its urban neighborhood. A new 56,000sf Whole Foods flagship store is also under construction with a planned opening in 2017. Downtown Denver’s newest elementary school, the Downtown Denver Expeditionary School, is thriving with record enrollment and the charter has been secured for the Downtown Denver Expeditionary Middle School.

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DEMOGRAPHICS downtown denver

population

center city neighborhoods*

*estimate/projection

educational attainment

2000

Doctorate Degree

2 % 2%

Bachelor’s Degree 40% 38%

55,709

7,108

Professional School Degree

2010 14,844

63,297

6% 4%

Master’s Degree 17% 14%

2016* 19,854

75,972

2021* 22,357

83,817

*34.3

F 45% M 55%

81% 7% 5% 4% 3%

71% 16% 7% 3% 3%

WHITE HISPANIC BLACK ASIAN OTHER

F 43% M 57%

WHITE HISPANIC BLACK ASIAN OTHER

race / ethnicity

age & gender

*33.6

years

years

*median age

households

family vs. non-family households

18%

82%

22%

78%

owner vs. renter occupied households

12,702

27% $100,825

73%

27%

73%

median owner-occupied housing value

average household income

$76,914

$472,079

45,344

average household size

1.4

$365,742

households with no vehicles

1.6

21.4%

21.0%

* center city neighborhood boundary revised in 2015 Sources: Nielsen Segmentation and Market Solutions, walkscore.com, U.S. Census Bureau, Downtown Denver Partnership, Denver Metro Apartment Vacancy and Rent Survey, Colorado Comps

RETAIL + RESTAURANTS Downtown Denver’s residential renaissance is encouraging retail development, including first-to-market and new-to-downtown options that create a diverse retail scene with something for everyone.

• The retail market in Downtown Denver continues to strengthen and evolve. Uniqlo will open a 23,000sf flagship store, only their second non-coastal location, at the Denver Pavilions in fall of 2016. Other new additions include one of the few H&M Home locations in the country, an expanded Victoria’s Secret, as well as a number of new restaurants along the 16th Street Mall. New retail spaces are planned for both the Dairy Block and the Market Street Station redevelopment projects that will add over 130,000sf of new space to the Downtown submarket.

• Local, independent boutiques and chef-driven restaurants find success in Downtown Denver in addition to well-known international brands. 53% of businesses located on the 16th Street Mall are local businesses or local chains, and retail destinations like Larimer Square and Union Station are filled with unique, independent options.

• Businesses along the 16th Street Mall accounted for 36% of the total sales tax collected in Downtown Denver in 2015.

• Downtown Denver has 3,388,042sf of retail space with a 5.4% vacancy rate and a direct average lease rate of $22.53/sf.

• Average Household Income in Downtown Denver is $100,825, a 32% increase since 2013.

TOP THREE MONTHS FOR RETAIL SALES

1ST

DECEMBER

2ND

Rising Retail Sales Tax Collections in Downtown Denver

SEPTEMBER

$45

MILLION

3RD

JUNE

Restaurants Represent Almost Half of Downtown’s Sales Tax Collections 10%

4%

other

manufacturing

$45 M $40 M

4%

$35 M

motor vehicles + auto parts

$30 M

5%

$25 M $20 M

miscellaneous stores

$15 M $10 M

6%

$5 M

clothing + accessory stores

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

49% 2006

16

restaurants

22% hotel + other accommodation services

Sources: City and County of Denver, Downtown Denver Partnership, CoStar, Nielsen Segmentation and Market Solutions

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DOWNTOWN DENVER IS HAVING A REJUVENATION THAT WE WANT TO BE PART OF.

LARRY MEYER Uniqlo USA CEO

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MOBILITY Multimodal transportation options – including rail, bus, bike lanes, and shared transportation services – converge in Downtown Denver to provide seamless and convenient access for commuters, residents, and visitors alike.

• Commuting habits for Downtown Denver employees change with age.

Younger commuters travel shorter distances and are more likely to walk and bike to work. Transit use increases with age and driving alone peaks when commuters are in their 30s and 40s, especially for women.

HOW DOWNTOWN DENVER EMPLOYEES COMMUTE TO WORK Nearly 60% use transit, walk, bike, or share the ride to Downtown Denver

Used transit

40.6%

Drove alone

38.5%

• Males and females have different commuting habits. Male commuters are significantly more likely to bike to work, more likely to walk to work, and less likely to drive alone than female commuters.

Bicycled

• In 2016, Denver’s Regional Transportation District (RTD) will double the miles of rail in their system with the opening of four new rail lines, including the University of Colorado A Line which provides quick and easy access from Downtown Denver to Denver International Airport.

5.2%

6.5%

Walked

5.6%

Carpooled Teleworked

2.2%

Motorbiked

1.1%

Vanpooled

0.2%

Sources: Downtown Denver Partnership, RTD, City and County of Denver, B-Cycle

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MOBILITY OPTIONS IN DOWNTOWN DENVER

PARKING P

42,000 OFF STREET 5,000 ON STREET

PEDAL CABS

RTD FREE SHUTTLES

353 LICENSED PEDAL CAB DRIVERS

RTD FREE MALLRIDE (14,000,000 ANNUAL PASSENGERS) + RTD FREE METRORIDE (586,500 ANNUAL PASSENGERS)

ECOPASS 55,000 ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES AT 360 COMPANIES

ON-DEMAND RIDES

BIKE

INCLUDING SERVICES SUCH AS UBER, LYFT AND TAXIS

18.7 MILES OF BIKE LANES AND TRAILS + 3 PROTECTED BIKE LANES

BIKESHARE

RAIL

B

34 B-CYCLE STATIONS THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN DENVER

7 RTD RAIL LINES SERVING DOWNTOWN DENVER + 37 MINUTES BY RAIL FROM DOWNTOWN DENVER TO DIA

BUS ONLY

BUS

AVERAGE COMMUTER WALKS 9.7 BLOCKS EACH DAY

58 RTD BUS ROUTES SERVING DOWNTOWN DENVER

ELECTRIC 18 CHARGING STATIONS IN DOWNTOWN DENVER

walk

CARSHARE

bus rapid transit

OPTIONS INCLUDE CAR2GO, ZIPCAR, ENTERPRISE CARSHARE, EGO CARSHARE + 28 DEDICATED PARKING SPACES

FLATIRON FLYER CONNECTS BOULDER TO DOWNTOWN DENVER WITH FREQUENT SERVICE

TRAVEL APPS • TRANSIT • GO DENVER • MY WAY TO GO

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PUBLIC SPACE + ACTIVATION Through a series of intentional activation efforts, Downtown Denver inspires people to get up, get out, and engage with the city on a daily basis.

• Downtown Denver is home to a variety of public spaces, from streets to plazas to parks. There are 172 acres of parks and open spaces which serve as gathering places for the community.

• Meet in the Street, funded by the Downtown Denver Business Improvement District, transforms the 16th Street Mall into an active pedestrian environment prime for biking, outdoor cafes, live music and more. In 2015, Meet in the Street resulted 30% more pedestrian traffic on the Mall, 60% more people spending time in the space, and a 77% increase in the share of adults to children.

• Downtown Denver takes on a new energy during Winter in the City which welcomed 56,172 skaters to the Southwest Rink at Skyline Park for its sixth season, and hundreds of thousands of spectators for the 9NEWS Parade of Lights and New Year’s Eve Fireworks.

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WYNKOOP PLAZA IS A PREMIER PUBLIC SPACE LITERALLY ON OUR FRONT STEPS AND A NATURAL AMENITY FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. ROB COHEN The IMA Financial Group, Inc. Chairman & CEO

Sources: Downtown Denver Partnership, City and County of Denver

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PARK OR PUBLIC SPACE

DAYS ACTIVATED IN 2015

16TH STREET MALL

153 183

CIVIC CENTER PARK

SKYLINE PARK BLOCK 1 SKYLINE PARK BLOCK 2 SKYLINE PARK BLOCK 3

WYNKOOP PLAZA

78 250 68

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EVENT ATTENDANCE IN 2015 (EST.)

SAMPLE EVENTS 2015 Your Keys to the City Meet in the Street

MILLIONS

Zombie Crawl

Taste of Colorado Pride Fest

2,482,000

Civic Center Eats

Movies in Skyline Park Denver Christkindl Market

221,270

Southwest Rink at Skyline Park Games at Skyline Park

98,137 + 1,676 DOGS

2,324

+ 701 KIDS

Pop-up Dog Park Kid’s Play Area

Farmers’ Market

3,110

Doors Open Denver

BID/DOWNTOWN DENVER PARTNERSHIP-PRODUCED

PARTIAL YEAR

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TOURISM + ATTRACTIONS Offering premier hotels, award-winning restaurants and unique experiences, Downtown Denver has become a world-class destination for regional and international tourists alike.

• Denver tourism has been setting new records in recent years with over 15 million people visiting the city each year and spending a total of $4.6 billion during their time in Denver.

• Downtown Denver is home to 32 hotels with a total of 9,141 hotel rooms and 526,636 square feet of meeting space.

• The Colorado Convention Center welcomed over 1 million attendees across 240 events in 2015.

• RevPAR (revenue per available room) for Downtown Denver hotels is up almost 30% since 2011.

• Developers are taking notice of high occupancy rates and increasing RevPAR enjoyed by Downtown Denver hotels. As of spring 2016, four hotels are under construction and three are planned for development.

• Downtown Denver is home to many of the most popular Denver-area attractions for visitors and residents.

• Award-winning museums in Downtown Denver include the Denver Art Museum, Clyfford Still Museum, Denver Museum of Contemporary Art and History Colorado Center.

• The Denver Performing Arts Complex is the second-largest performing arts complex in the U.S. with 10 performance spaces.

• In addition to family-friendly exhibits at Downtown Denver’s many museums, families can visit the Children’s Museum of Denver, Elitch Gardens Theme and Water Park and the Downtown Aquarium.

• Major sports venues for Denver’s professional sports teams are located in Downtown Denver.

Sports fans can attend basketball and hockey games at the Pepsi Center, baseball games at Coors Field, and football and lacrosse games at Sports Authority Field at Mile High.

Major Conventions and Events in Downtown Denver, 2016 Denver Broncos World Championship Parade and Celebration

Feb. ‘16

1,000,000

SnowSports Industries America

Jan. ‘16

19,000

Ellucian

April ‘16

10,000

Association for Talent Development

May ‘16

10,000

NAFSA: Association of International Education

May ‘16

10,000

Intl. Society for Technology in Education

June ‘16

20,000

American Psychological Association

Aug. ‘16

13,000

American Dental Association

Oct. ‘16

20,000

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$180 $170 $160 $150 $140 $130 $120

Unveiled in March 2016, The Next Stage is a plan to enliven, diversify and sustain the 12-acre complex that sits in the heart of Downtown Denver.

Major shifts in cultural consumption require physical and programmatic modifications at the Arts Complex. Differing expectations of a growing population and changing development patterns necessitate new ways of integrating the 12-acre campus into everyday life.

The plan includes a new school of the arts, commercial development and expanded retail.

Revenue Per Available Room

2015

2014

2013

The Next Stage: A Vision for the Future of the Denver Performing Arts Complex

2012

$110

2011

The project includes the addition of 80,000sf of flexible meeting and ballroom space and over 100,000sf of new pre-function and service space, including a spectacular 50,000sf outdoor terrace to be located on the roof of the existing convention center.

$179.45

$190

2009

$139.58

$145 $140 $135 $130 $125 $120 $115 $110 $105 $100

Denver International Airport (DEN) 2011

New commuter rail connection between Downtown Denver and the airport began April 2016.

2012

2013

A 500-room Westin hotel opened in late 2015.

Downtown Hotel Occupancy

DEN set an all-time passenger traffic record in 2015 with over 53.4 million travelers, making it the 19th busiest airport in the world and the sixth busiest in the U.S. (by total passenger traffic).

80%

65% 60%

2015

2014

2013

55% 2009

Kimpton Hotel - 199 rooms Dairy Block Hotel – 170 rooms Hotel Indigo – 180 rooms AC Hotels/Le Méridien – 480 rooms

77.80%

2012

The following new hotels are under construction, with many more projects planned for development:

2015

70%

2011

Expanding Hotel Market in Downtown Denver

2014

75%

2010

CONTINUED INVESTMENTS & GROWTH

A new expansion, funded by a voter-supported tourism tax extension, will include many new features that will make the Center the most high-tech, user-friendly meeting and event space in the nation.

Average Daily Room Rate

2010

Colorado Convention Center Expansion

Sources: VISIT DENVER, Downtown Denver Partnership, Rocky Mountain Lodging Report, City and County of Denver, Colorado Convention Center, Denver International Airport, Airports Council Int’l

DENVER CIVIC VENTURES BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2015-2016

DOWNTOWN DENVER INC. BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2015-2016

Board Officers

Board Officers

Bill Mosher, Trammell Crow Company, Chairman*

Rob Cohen, The IMA Financial Group, Inc., Chairman*

Door, Nicole Dorsey, Bonnie Gross, Jim

Trinidad Rodriguez, D.A. Davidson & Co., Vice Chairman*

Travis Webb, BKD CPAs & Advisors, Vice Chairman*

Kirchheimer, Beth Moyski, Brea Olson,

Sarah Rockwell, Kaplan Kirsch Rockwell LLP, Secretary*

Lori Davis, Grant Thornton, Secretary*

Aneka Patel, Adam Perkins, Brian

Members

Members

Laura Aldrete, Matrix Design Group

Jim Basey, Centennial Bank

Bruce Alexander, Vectra Bank Colorado

Mike Bearup, KPMG LLP

John Beeble, Saunders Construction, Inc.

Molly Broeren, Molly’s of Denver

Ray Bellucci, TIAA

Kristin Bronson, Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP

Ferd Belz, L.C. Fulenwider, Inc.

Cedric Buchanon, BBVA Compass

Brianna Borin, Snooze: an AM Eatery

Terrance Carroll, SCL Health

Sarah Semple Brown, Semple Brown Design

Chris Castilian, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation

Marvin Buckels

Stephen Clark, S. B. Clark Companies

Frank Cannon, Continuum Partners, LLC

Mark Cornetta, 9NEWS

Gene Commander, Gene Commander, Inc.

Dana Crawford, Urban Neighborhoods, Inc.

Chris Crosby, The Nichols Partnership*

David Eves, Public Service Company, an Xcel Company

Greg Feasel, Colorado Rockies Baseball Club

Cole Finegan, Hogan Lovells US LLP

Patty Fontneau, Cigna

Bob Flynn, Crestone Partners, LLC

Chris Frampton, East West Partners

Mark Goodman, Colorado Nut Company

Dr. Everette Freeman, Community College of Denver

Jim Greiner

Jerry Glick, Columbia Group LLLP

Tom Grimshaw, Spencer Fane & Grimshaw, LLP

Dr. Art Gonzalez, Denver Health

Michael Hobbs, Guaranty Bank and Trust Company

Tom Gougeon, Gates Family Foundation*

Jim Holder, Cigna

Beth Gruitch, Rioja

Kathy Holmes, Holmes Consulting Group

Ismael Guerrero, Denver Housing Authority*

Vernon Irvin, CenturyLink

Amy Hansen, Polsinelli

Walter Isenberg, Sage Hospitality*

Jim Hearty, DaVita Healthcare Partners Inc.

Bruce James, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP*

Rus Heise

Catherine (Katy) Jones-Metelko, Wells Fargo

Doug Hock, Encana Corporation

Steve Katich, J.E. Dunn Construction Co.

Don Hunt, Antero Resources

Kevin Kelley, Husch Blackwell LLP

Jennifer Johnson, HKS Architects

David Kenney, The Kenney Group*

Jim Johnson, Johnson Nathan Strohe

Dick Kirk, Richard A. Kirk & Associates

Dr. Stephen Jordan, Metropolitan State University of Denver

Gail Klapper, Colorado Forum

Greg Leonard, Hyatt Regency Denver at the CO Convention Center

Kim Koehn, K2 Ventures, LLC

Adam Lerner, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver

Tom Lee, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank

Traci Lounsbury, Workforce ELEMENTS

Harry T. Lewis, Lewis Investments

Roland Lyon, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado

Laura Love, Groundfloor Media

Evan Makovsky, NAI Shames Makovsky*

Chad McWhinney, McWhinney*

Cindy Parsons, Comcast

Karyn Miller, Craftsy

Adam Sands, First Bank

John Moye, Moye White LLP

Gloria Schoch, MillerCoors

Will Nicholson, Rocky Mountain BankCard Systems, Inc.

Ken Schroeppel, Univ. of CO Denver – College of Arch. & Planning

Katherine Ott, SlimGenics, LLC

Mark Sidell, Gart Properties

Susan Powers, Urban Ventures LLC*

David Sternberg, Brookfield Office Properties

Gary Reiff, Black Creek Group

Mark Stiebeling, Grand Hyatt Denver

Jon Robinson, UMB

Frank Terrasi, PCL Construction

Maja Rosenquist, Mortenson Construction

Jean Townsend, Coley Forrest, Inc.

Kathy Seidel, The Northern Trust Company

David Tryba, Tryba Architects

Marc Spritzer

Meg VanderLaan, MWH Global, Inc.*

George Thorn, Mile High Development

Joe Vostrejs, City Street Investors*

Rick Tucker, Hensel Phelps

Elbra Wedgeworth, Denver Health

Tracy Winchester, Five Points Business District

Wendy Williams, Vector Property Services, LLC

David Wollard Mike Zoellner, RedPeak Properties*

DOWNTOWN DENVER BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2016 Gina Guarascio, Jones Lang LaSalle, Chair Jon Buerge, Urban Villages Inc., Vice Chair Dorit Fischer, NAI Shames Makovsky, Treasurer Connie O’Murray, Jones Lang LaSalle, Secretary Austin Kane, Unico Properties LLC David Kaufman, 910 Associates, Inc. Rick Kron, Spencer Fane LLP, Legal Advisor Bahman Shafa, Focus Property Group

Photo Credit: VISIT DENVER and Evan Semón

* Downtown Denver Partnership Management Group

CONTRIBUTORS AND EDITORS Emily Brett, Aylene McCallum, Sharon Alton, Kate Barton, John Desmond, Tami

Phetteplace and Kaylin Tscherpel.

INFORMATION SOURCES 2007 Downtown Area Plan, Airports Council International, Auraria Higher Education Campus, B-Cycle, City and County of Denver, Colorado Comps, Colorado Convention Center, Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Colorado State University, Community College of Denver, CoStar, Denver Business Journal, Denver Infill, Denver International Airport, Denver Metro Apartment Vacancy and Rent Survey, Denver Post, Development Research Partners, Downtown Denver Partnership, Emily Griffith Technical College, Headlight Data, Metro Denver Economic Development Council, Metro State University of Denver, Nielsen Segmentation and Market Solutions, Rocky Mountain Lodging Report, RTD, U.S. BLS Current Employment Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau, University of Colorado Denver, VISIT DENVER, walkscore.com

GRAPHIC DESIGN Derek Berardi | www.derekberardi.com

PHOTOGRAPHY Ryan Dravitz Photography

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GREAT CITIES ARE NOT STATIC, THEY CONSTANTLY CHANGE AND TAKE THE WORLD ALONG WITH THEM. EDWARD GLAESER

Author Triumph of the City

Downtown Denver Partnership, Inc.

Published in May 2016 by:

Downtown Denver Partnership 511 16th Street, Suite 200 Denver, CO 80202 303.534.6161 www.downtowndenver.com

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