Living in Downtown Denver Puts You in the Center of it All
It's an urban lifestyle that mixes excitement and adventure with the unique experiences and features of Denver's most historic and friendly neighborhoods.

It puts you close to everything that makes Downtown life special--parks, theater, concerts, sporting events, museums, cafes and restaurants.

And whether you work in Downtown or anywhere in the metro area, living here puts it all within reach. Getting around is convenient--highways, mass transit and light rail all converge in Downtown.

 A Place That Fits your Needs
Downtown living has options for all shapes and sizes of households. High-rise condominiums in the heart of the central business district. Eclectic lofts in renovated historic buildings. Luxury apartments with all the amenities. Single-family homes in the tree-lined streets of Downtown's center city neighborhoods.

 Choices for All People
Downtown living gives you choices. There are affordable rentals and condos for young workers and students, newly built townhomes and lofts for executives, and everything in between.

 Renaissance in the Railyard
Chipotle executive Bob Wilner jokes with his staff that he needs to shorten his commute. It now takes him five to six minutes to walk from the apartment he is renting at Riverfront Tower to the headquarters of the giant burrito company at 1543 Wazee St. Read more (By John Rebchook, Rocky Mountain News April 24, 2004)

 Neighborhoods
Use the links AT LEFT or this clickable map to access profiles of Downtown Denver's unique center city neighborhoods.

 Dispelling the Myths About Downtown Living
Not dog-friendly or kid-friendly. . .that there's no apartments to rent. . .that lofts are your only choice and there are no single-family homes. . .that it's not affordable. . .there's no grocery stores nearby--these are some of the myths and misperceptions about living in Downtown and the center city neighborhoods. Click here to read a story from the Rocky Mountain News that debunks the myths.

 Lifestyle Facts
9: Theaters in the Denver Performing Arts Complex, making it the second largest performing arts complex in the world
#1: Denver's ranking as a bicycle-friendly nation by Bicycle Magazine
450: Shops and restaurants in the heart of Downtown
250+: Nights per year that something--sports event, concert, or some type of entertainment--is happening at the Pepsi Center in Downtown
80: Acres of parks and open space in Downtown
35,000: Number of students at Downtown's Auraria Higher Eduation Center campus (Community College of Denver, University of Colorado at Denver, Metropolitan State College of Denver)
11: Breweries, brewpubs and tap houses in Downtown

 Research & Data
The Downtown Denver Partnership maintains facts, figures and databases on what's happening in Downtown and center city real estate. The links below will take you to the Research page where the spreadsheets are housed. Note that these are all Adobe Acrobat pdf files.

• Existing Downtown Housing Spreadsheet - What's been built in the Downtown since 1990? Information organized by neighborhood and for-sale/for-rent units.
• Under Construction and Planned Downtown Housing Spreadsheet - What's going up now?
• Historical Housing Production Graph - Historical housing development in Downtown since 1990.

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