E. Arkansas Ave
About
Kentro Group is a private real estate development and investment company founded in 2004 and based in Denver. Kentro Group was selected by the City and County of Denver to purchase and develop the former Colorado Department of Transportation Headquarters located at 4201 E. Arkansas. As part of the acquisition process, Kentro Group is rezoning the property out of the current Campus Educational Institution (CMP-EI2) zoning into a zone district that better aligns with the surrounding uses and area. Please visit KentroGroup.com for more information on our company and use this page to stay up to date with the community outreach and rezoning process. We look forward to working together with all stakeholders.
Letter to 4201 E. Arkansas Neighbors
On behalf of Kentro Group, we are writing you this letter regarding the former CDOT Headquarters property at 4201 E. Arkansas Avenue.
View the Letter.
Community Meetings
- Meeting #1 – Thursday, January 25th, 2018 View PDF
- Meeting #2 – Thursday, March 8th, 2018 View PDF
- Meeting #3 – Thursday, April 5, 2018 View PDF
- Meeting #4 – Thursday, May 3, 2018 View PDF
- Meeting #5 – Thursday, June 7, 2018 View PDF
- Meeting #6 – Thursday, July 12, 2018 View PDF
- Meeting #7 – Thursday, September 27, 2018 View PDF
- Meeting #8 – Wednesday, November 14, 2018 – View PDF
The Virginia Village/Ellis Community Association (VVECA) has formed a Special Committee to work on the Development Agreement with Kentro Group. To contact the VVECA Special Committee please e-mail virginiavillageorg@gmail.com.
*Additional community meetings will be scheduled throughout the rezoning process.
Meeting dates will be posted to this site as they become available.
Development Agreement
Kentro Group and the City of Denver formed an agreement addressing neighborhood priorities and critical criteria related to land use, planning, infrastructure, affordable housing, open space and other developments standards. Here is a link to the final Development Agreement.
Good Neighbor Agreement
Kentro Group has been working with the neighborhood and a group of nearby neighbors on a framework for a Good Neighbor Agreement that outlines some additional commitments we are willing to make to the neighborhood. Here is a link to the proposed Good Neighbor Agreement.
4201 E. Arkansas Ave. – Rezoning Application
On May 15, 2018, Kentro Group submitted the required rezoning application for the 4201 E. Arkansas Ave site. The rezoning application seeks to rezone the property from the existing Campus (CMP-EI2) zone district to a mix of mixed-use and residential zone districts, including S-MX-3, S-MU-3, S-MX-5, S-MX-8 and S-MX-12.
You can access the rezoning application by clicking on the links below.
- Rezoning Application Link View PDF
- Proposed Zoning Map – or binary comparison b/t Campus and Proposed Zoning Map View PDF
The rezoning application was discussed at length at the four Community Meetings held on January 25, March 8, April 5 and May 3. Links to the Presentations/PDFs for all of those meetings can be found on this website next to the date of each Community Meetings.
Please do not hesitate to let us know if you have any questions by submitting a comment on our Community Feedback link or by emailing info@kentrogroup.com.
Disposition
CDOT is moving to a new building near Colfax and Federal in the spring or summer of 2018. State law requires owned by the State of Colorado to be offered first to local government entities. The City and County of Denver exercised the option to acquire both 4201 E Arkansas Avenue and 2000 S Holly Street. Denver selected Kentro Group to develop the two properties based on confidence in delivering a project beneficial to the community.
Existing Site
- Total area: ~13.2 acres
- Campus buildings, one to four stories in height, totaling 187,971 sq. ft.
- 505 parking stalls
- 8 vehicular access points
- ~650 employees
- Uses: office, printing facility, vehicle maintenance, water quality training facility, materials storage
- Zoning: CMP-EI2 (campus educational institution, 12-story/150’ height limit) and S-MX-5 (suburban, mixed-use, 5-stories)
Existing Site
Existing Zoning
Proposed Zoning
Existing Zoning Massing
Surrounding Land Uses
CMP-EI2: Campus-Education / Institution Zoning
CMP-EI2: Campus-Education / Institution Zoning