Smack dab in the middle, Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock and Cindy Parsons, Comcast’s vice president of public relations, hold the big scissors to officially open the new Comcast office. From left to right: Paul Washington, Executive Director of Denver Office of Economic Development; Jeff Dolan, Vice President of Government Affairs, Comcast; Councilman Albus Brooks, Council District 8; Hancock; Parsons; Tom Clark, Chief Executive Officer, Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation; Councilwoman Peggy Lehmann, Council District 4; Matt McConnell, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Comcast Wholesale. Image courtesy of Comcast.
Comcast Corp. literally cut the red ribbon of its new Wynkoop Office on Thursday with the help of Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock, who lent his expertise in the use of giant scissors.
The new 22,000-square-foot office, at 1899 Wynkoop St., is the new home for Comcast Wholesale and can fit about 200 people. Much of the new space will be filled by folks moving from the Comcast facility in Centennial, where 800 people remain. They join about 80 employees on the fourth floor, Comcast said.
With Denver’s mayor and officials like Paul Washington, the city’s Office of Economic Development executive director, in attendance, Comcast said this was about adding jobs downtown and “helping to attract the region’s top technology talent,” said Cindy Parsons, Comcast’s area vice president of public relations.
“Comcast will be expanding jobs across Colorado. As a result, this downtown Denver space is the perfect home for Comcast Wholesale, a technology leader in content distribution and media management. Our goal is to attract and retain talent who live and work downtown, and to make the growing city an exciting place to live and work,” Parsons said.
There’s been a big push to offer housing, transportation and amenities downtown in order to . The new Comcast office is in walking distance to the recently .
The city’s economic development office helped Comcast get the office and continues to work with Comcast, which is “currently finalizing the process of securing financial incentives,” Parsons said.
Comcast employs 7,000 people in Colorado.
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