How good are the views from the 32-story Country Club Towers II and III, the twin apartment spires that have climbed skyward this year northwest of Wash Park? When I took a 45-minute grand opening tour thatap waiting for you Oct. 1, I asked to see the very worst view to be had in the two high-rise apartment towers.
That would be from a south-facing studio apartment on the fifth floor of Tower II, which looks partly out on the original 20-story Country Club Tower, 100 feet to the south. From that worst-view unit, you can see a mountain panorama from the Platte River Range southwest of town to Mount Evans, north to the Continental Divide, as well as south over Wash Park.
After viewing that fifth-floor unit, Stacey Komar, who’s moving to Denver from Nebraska, took me up to her just-completed 32nd-floor corner penthouse. The sights from there were positively stunning, from the peaks of Rocky Mountain National Park in the north, past the towers of downtown, south to Pikes Peak … plus four or five tight fairways of Denver Country Club, laid out to the east.
“You walk in and feel like you’re living at the Four Seasons,” Komar said, showing off her two-bedroom-plus-study layout. She discovered Country Club Towers II and III on an internet search, noting the security and safety features, the lavish saltwater pool, spa/fitness center and other amenities, and flew out to see it exclusively before signing on.
Walter Armer, vice president of development at Broe Real Estate Group, told me that the thrill you experience looking out from these luxury rentals is no accident. The Broe Group, which held this property for 30 years after it developed the original tower, had planned a sensational project for the site for decades. Visitors will see some architectural accommodations that add subtle quality to the views — including a sawtooth-pattern in the exterior design that creates window bays for all 552 units, letting guests see sideways as well as straight out; and recessed columns, allowing corners to be fully windowed without obstruction.
You’ll tour model homes in Tower II (Tower III is headed for completion now) — including that studio from $1,594 per month, and a roomy two-bedroom with over 1,200 square feet, from under $2,500/month. And you’ll see the over-the-top amenities: 985 dedicated indoor parking spaces, a near-4,000-square-foot spa and fitness center, staffed by fulltime fitness and personal trainers; the year-round outdoor pool; a yoga area; massage/steam room; business center; digital lockers for packages and for dry-cleaning; a regulation bocce court; and a wood-fired pizza oven thatap housed in an exhibition cooking space with its own chef-in-residence. The chic styling of the common areas is set off by custom artwork and sculpture; and the 24-hour concierge plans a Mercedes van to carry residents into Cherry Creek — exactly a mile east — for shopping/dining trips.
“The amenities are designed to cultivate a true neighborhood within a neighborhood,” says Armer. He notes that with their high visibility, the towers have opened with a high rate of early occupancy — 100 move-ins over the past six weeks — but there are plenty of views left for a wide variety of budgets. Country Club Towers II and III, five minutes from downtown or Cherry Creek, is open for tours Oct. 1, noon until 5 p.m. The entry is a block west of South Downing Street at Bayaud; from downtown, take Speer south, past Sixth Avenue, to Downing and turn south two blocks to Bayaud, then west.
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