Has the US drowned itself in luxury housing? This video explains the problems with building ‘luxury’ apartment housing in the US. Take this challenge to find housing for a family. Try to find a new four bedroom apartment in Lakewood on Zillow that is cheaper to rent (or buy) than an existing four bedroom home…
Forget about the new Lakewood zoning code bringing down housing costs! This tiny 6,150 square foot vacant lot in Lakewood now asking over $1,000,000! City council has legalized building out of scale projects in many neighborhoods where such projects used to be illegal. Many view this as uncontrolled development. Notice what the neighborhood looks like.…
Do you want this all over Lakewood at $$ ONE MILLION PER HOME? (Click the image for a better view.)That is the offer price! Welcome to the new zoning law. City council must think the answer to the housing crisis is building this style of million dollar homes all over Lakewood! Because city council has…
Lakewood refused to adopt the science-based wildlife buffer ordinance modeled after Fort Collins to protect areas like Belmar Park. And these examples of escalating housing costs in Lakewood will only get worse if the tentacles of zoning reform are allowed to continue. Skinny home only 5 feet wider than a parking space costs $1,000,000! 1/7…
The simulation below shows the 6-story Kairoi housing compound will cast a large shadow over much of Belmar Park and the townhomes across the street. The shadow will cause significant new problems for the neighborhood including a larger mosquito population and new snow and ice removal problems for the townhomes.
A recently elected RTD Director has announced that: The most comically NIMBY thing I have ever seen from Save Belmar Park right here in Colorado. “Don’t build more housing because really people are preferring to live as ‘vehicle-dwelling cultural creatives’ instead of working hard to be able to pay Colorado rents.” savebelmarpark.com/living-in-a-… Please notice he…
This video explains the issues with two stairwells in every building! Given the housing affordability crisis and in light of the successful standards from New York and Seattle and the wide use of point access block design in other developed countries, it is time for Colorado and Lakewood to move quickly and allow increased flexibility…
One River North Neighborhood Here is an update on a Denver project that Kairoi Residential is also involved with – One River North. One River North is the unique and impressive new luxury multifamily rental building at 3930 Blake St, Denver, CO 80205 Please visit their website for images of the ‘biophilic’ design: https://onerivernorth.com/ Here’s…
The proposed huge multifamily project within Belmar Park’s habitat zone has a street address of 777 S Yarrow Street, Lakewood, Colorado. SaveBelmarPark.com previously exposed the special tax deal the owner of the property at that address has received from Jefferson County in past years. Our home page presents the details of this special beneficial tax…
Colorado has enacted a new housing law that prohibits limiting the number of people that can live in a residence. The law took effect on July 1, 2024. The justification was to reduce the cost of housing. Detractors cautioned that the law would simply allow landlords to increase density and as a result, increase the…