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The hottest part of the downtown scene is LoHi – and the hottest part of LoHi is the foot of 16th Street across from the Highland Footbridge, where downtown’s diagonal street grid crashes into north-south Tejon and Umatilla Streets in a jumble of bistros, coffee joints, delis and dessert places. Realtor Jessica Reed with Bingham & Co. could put you right into that picture in one of a dozen new Euro-styled row homes, each with a 2-car attached garage and a rooftop deck that’ll have one of the best views of downtown that LoHi will ever offer.
LoHi Rowhomes at W. 29th and Umatilla (they’re open Saturday and Sunday 11 a.m.-3 p.m.) are directly across from Linger; within a block or two of Amato’s, Central Bistro, Juan Padro’s Highland Tap and Old Major, and a dozen other taverns and eateries. “This is THE prime location,” said Reed, as we left the models and walked the block past Little Man Ice Cream (on a weekday it had 20 people lined up at the window), then past a wine bar, fitness club and new boutiques. Builder Matt Kinner of KinnerBuilt homes, who built over in Wash Park and Cherry Creek before arriving in Highlands, has done around 60 of these contemporary row home designs, always following the standard practice of offering pre-sales before the models were done. But he’s switched now – building these 12 units first; then opening sales only after the models were ready. You’re getting an earlier chance to see finished homes – however, five have already sold; one this week. “We’re going to do that in the future, as well,” said Reed, hinting at a future Kinner project in LoHi that you can ask about. The tour opens in a 3-bedroom/3-bath 2,070-square-foot unit with side-load two-car garage and a full-width dining-entertainment level on the second story – big windows at both ends, showing steel staircases above and below. There’s a corner fireplace with room to hang a flat-screen over component storage; Viking stainless appliances including 6-burner professional grade cooktop with Zephyr steel hood; Caesarstone tops in a bar-island that shows off the Euro cabinetry; all set against skip-troweled walls and full hardwood floor. Reed says that contemporary styling resonates with this buyer. “It’s a living space that accommodates numbers of profiles, but it’s also hip,” she added. “People who get it have often lived internationally.” The master suite occupying the third level has styling to match, offers a “bowling alley-sized” closet, and opens to a huge deck, 17×20 or so. It looks south to Pikes Peak and Devil’s Head, and east to a downtown panorama, with the jumble of restaurants in the foreground. Price is $699,000. Reed will also show you a $649,000 unit – slightly lower square footage, but with a full fourth-level rooftop deck, positioned a little higher up the hill so that everybody gets the view. “Do these prices strike you as a deal?” I ask, citing their exceptional access to LoHi’s dining and entertainment scene. “All day long,” Reed replies.Follow Mark Samuelson on Twitter:
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