1351 N Cherokee St
1351 N Cherokee St is a 7-story building in Greater Downtown Denver with 89% of its floor area within daylight reach of a facade. This screen estimates 63 homes and scores it 81 out of 100 for office-to-residential conversion suitability.
CO-1 · Screened 2026-09-19 · Strong candidate
Also addressed as 338 W 14th Ave: Denver’s address records place both on this one footprint.
Where 1351 N Cherokee St is
Its block in Greater Downtown Denver, drawn from Denver's own building outlines and street centerlines.
- Already housing
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- 1351 N Cherokee St
This building does not pencil at default assumptions, even with a modeled RESIDE Act grant.
Across its 6 residential floors this building carries 7,497 sq ft of windowless core — area that must be gutted, re-plumbed and sprinklered but can never be rented as an apartment.
Modeled conversion metrics for 1351 N Cherokee St, 2026-09-19.
| Suitability scoreStrong candidate | 81 / 100 |
|---|---|
| Storiesfrom 85 ft aerial-survey height ÷ 12 ft floor-to-floor | 7 |
| Height bandsfloor plate by floor range, from the city's roof outlines | Floor 1: 20,627 sq ft · Floor 2: 16,111 sq ft · Floor 3: 14,825 sq ft · Floors 4–5: 13,851 sq ft · Floors 6–7: 4,052 sq ft |
| Floor platetypical floor, from the city outlines | 13,851 sq ft |
| Daylight efficiencyshare within 35 ft of a facade | 89% |
| Deepest interior pointviability threshold is 80 ft | 45 ft |
| Windowless coretypical floor; the building-wide total is in the text above | 1,722 sq ft |
| Estimated homesat 750 sq ft average | 63 |
| Conversion cost$360/sq ft all-in on 66,741 sq ft | $24.0M |
| Gap before grantshortfall against completed value | $9.2M |
| Modeled RESIDE grantbelow the statutory cap | $3.8M |
| BuiltDenver does not publish a construction year with this data | — |
| ZoningCivic Center | D-GT |
| Opportunity Zonenot in a 2018 designated tract | No |
The plan: window line, shape and floor rhythm
42 ft of exterior wall for each home the screen estimates — enough for two- and three-bedroom homes across the plan.
The typical floor has 486 ft of exterior wall, and across 6 residential floors the building carries 2,656 ft of it in total, divided among the 63 homes this screen estimates.
Its plate is compact at 0.74: close to a square or a circle, the most efficient envelope an office can have and the least generous one for apartments: little perimeter to divide among homes. How window line and plate shape are measured.
At the model’s 750 sq ft average, the plan works out at about 10.5 homes per floor. Its floors are not alike, though: the typical floor's deepest interior point is 45 ft from a facade, while its worst floor reaches 60 ft. The score follows the typical floor, so a podium that could not hold a bedroom does not by itself sink a slim tower above it — but it is there, and it is part of what would have to be drawn around.
Why 1351 N Cherokee St scores 81 out of 100
Daylight efficiency 98, Interior depth 86, Scale 42, Finance 63 — each out of 100, then weighted.
Score components for 1351 N Cherokee St. Points are the subscore times its weight.
| Component | Subscore | Weight | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight efficiency89% of the floor area within 35 ft of a facade, scored from 40% up to 90% | 98 | 45% | 43.9 |
| Interior depthdeepest interior point 45 ft from a facade, scored from 80 ft down to 40 ft | 86 | 25% | 21.6 |
| Scale63 estimated homes, scored from 0 up to 150 | 42 | 15% | 6.3 |
| Financeremaining gap is 22% of conversion cost, scored from 60% down to 0% | 63 | 15% | 9.4 |
Most of what it earns comes from daylight efficiency, and what holds it back most is scale, at 42 out of 100: 63 estimated homes, scored from 0 up to 150.
What the conversion would cost
$360 per square foot all-in across 66,741 sq ft of converted floor, or $24.0M in total — about $381K for each of the 63 homes.
All-in cost per square foot for 1351 N Cherokee St: base cost plus the code work a change of use triggers.
| Base conversion cost | $260/sq ft |
|---|---|
| Plumbing risers to every unit | $40/sq ft |
| Operable windows and glazing | $30/sq ft |
| Additional egress stair | $18/sq ft |
| Fire sprinklers (NFPA 13R) | $12/sq ft |
| All-in | $360/sq ft |
That cost is charged across every converted square foot, including the 7,497 sq ft of windowless core, which has to be gutted, re-plumbed and sprinklered like the rest of the building and then earns nothing. Against it the model sets a completed value of $236K a home, which for 63 homes is $14.9M.
What would have to be true
A $9.2M gap before any grant, $5.4M after the modeled one. The smallest single change that would close it: average unit size 23% down.
The shortfall before any grant is $9.2M. Closing it from the value side means each of the 63 homes finishing at $381K rather than the $236K the model assumes — 62% more. Closing it from the cost side means getting all-in cost down from $360 to $223 per square foot.
A modeled RESIDE grant of $3.8M moves that threshold to $321K a home. That is still above the $236K assumed, leaving $5.4M uncovered, which is why the grant does not unlock this one.
Nor do all four levers have to move. For 1351 N Cherokee St, one alone would close the gap at:
Single-assumption flip points for 1351 N Cherokee St, each holding the other three at their defaults.
| Average unit sizethe binding constraint — the least this building would need | 23% downto 578 sq ft |
|---|---|
| Conversion cost per square foot | 31% downto $179/sq ft |
| Completed value per home | 36% upto $321K |
All four are sliders in the survey, where 1351 N Cherokee St re-scores against your own numbers.
How it compares in Greater Downtown Denver
1351 N Cherokee St ranks 72nd of the 214 buildings screened here, against a median score of 72.
Its floor plate is better lit than 69% of them, and shallower than 74% of them at its deepest interior point. On size it is the 191st largest by estimated homes. The full survey of all 214 buildings ranks and maps every one of them, and the list by address links each to its own page.
Within Civic Center and the D-GT zone
6th of 23 in Civic Center, 5th of 15 zoned D-GT — the comparison that shares its rules, rents and streets.
Denver places 23 of the screened buildings in Civic Center. 1351 N Cherokee St ranks 6th of them against a median score of 67. 10 score 70 or more, their median deepest interior point is 62 ft from a facade against this building’s 45 ft, and together they would hold an estimated 5,064 homes. The group’s top scorer is 1314 N Elati St, at 92.
15 of the screened buildings are zoned D-GT. 1351 N Cherokee St ranks 5th of them against a median score of 76. 8 score 70 or more, their median deepest interior point is 54 ft from a facade against this building’s 45 ft, and together they would hold an estimated 2,397 homes. The group’s top scorer is 1314 N Elati St, at 92.
Its nearest match in size: 1660 Blake St
The screened building closest to 1351 N Cherokee St in converted floor area is 1660 Blake St: 67,332 sq ft over 6 stories, against 66,741 sq ft over 7 here.
1351 N Cherokee St scores 81 to its 89, and with the size held roughly equal most of that shortfall comes from interior depth: 86 out of 100 here, 100 there (deepest interior point 36 ft from a facade, scored from 80 ft down to 40 ft). On the money they sit in the same place: each falls short even with the modeled grant. The two stand about 5,000 ft apart.
Would it qualify for a RESIDE Act grant?
The model awards 1351 N Cherokee St $3.8M, on the assumption it qualifies. Whether it does, no published dataset can say.
That figure assumes the building meets the Act’s vacant-and-abandoned test, which turns on code-enforcement and receivership records no city publishes.
It does not sit in a 2018 designated Opportunity Zone, so it would not draw that Section 201 priority.
Other buildings screened near 1351 N Cherokee St
The 4 closest the screen also covers, from 190 ft away. They are the colored outlines on the plan at the top of this page.
- 1371 N Cherokee St6 stories · 88% daylit · 90 estimated homes · scores 78/100 (Strong candidate)about 190 ft away
- 1331 N Cherokee St8 stories · 75% daylit · 128 estimated homes · scores 53/100 (Worth a feasibility study)about 200 ft away
- 1314 N Elati St8 stories · 96% daylit · 111 estimated homes · scores 92/100 (Strong candidate)about 340 ft away
- 320 W Colfax Ave7 stories · 57% daylit · 215 estimated homes · scores 32/100 (Marginal)about 580 ft away
A screen, not a feasibility study, from outlines and heights rather than plans: the method and how to correct a figure. If you know this building’s interior, you know what this model cannot see.