Mile High Vista

ULC purchased this 2+ acre parcel of land along west Denver’s FasTracks light rail corridor and was the master developer of the site that includes the 28,000-square-foot Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzalez Branch Library; and the Avondale Apartments, a mixed-use building that includes 80 affordable homes and 10,000 square feet of commercial space by Del Norte Neighborhood Development Corp. This was ULC’s first master site development. (Del Norte purchased 0.8 acres of the site for the Avondale Apartments, and the City and County of Denver purchased 0.8 acres of the site for the library.) ULC completed infrastructure work on the site in 2012, and due to the extensive remediation requirements, made a $500,000 permanent investment into the library.

The final phase of the development, The Irving at Mile High Vista, has been approved for 4% low income housing tax credits and begins construction in spring 2024. With ULC as developer, The Irving will provide 102 permanently affordable apartments with studios to three bedroom units at 20-80% AMI.