Public Hearing of Hines' Papermate Project Coming Soon

The building at the corner of 26th and Olympic has been empty ever since Papermate closed its local manufacturing business a couple of years back. Now that the opening of the Expo Line is just a few years away, the owner of the site, Texas developer Hines, is planning to put a large 6-story mixed-use complex there. This project, along with Paseo Nebraska and the Colorado Creative Studios Project around the corner, will surly transform this area into a more urban and walkable neighborhood. Though the project is still in its early planning stages, the project will be heard by the city planning commission on January 27th. Preliminary plans call for creative arts offices (big surprise), neighborhood-serving ground-floor retail, affordable, workforce and market rate housing, plus public open space. There are also plans to add two new streets that would complete the grid and make the area more pedestrian friendly. While there are no renderings available just yet, this project seems like a great addition to an area that is rather sterile and lacks decent stores and restaurants.