1371 N Cherokee St
1371 N Cherokee St is a 6-story building in Greater Downtown Denver with 88% of its floor area within daylight reach of a facade. This screen estimates 90 homes and scores it 78 out of 100 for office-to-residential conversion suitability.
CO-1 · Screened 2026-09-19 · Strong candidate
No address point in Denver’s records falls inside this footprint, so it is named by the closest one that no other screened building claims — usually a site entrance, but check the outline on the plan below before relying on the street number.
Where 1371 N Cherokee St is
Its block in Greater Downtown Denver, drawn from Denver's own building outlines and street centerlines.
- Already housing
- Not screened
- 1371 N Cherokee St
This building does not pencil at default assumptions, even with a modeled RESIDE Act grant.
Across its 5 residential floors this building carries 11,173 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 1371 N Cherokee St, 2026-09-19.
| Suitability scoreStrong candidate | 78 / 100 |
|---|---|
| Storiesfrom 77 ft aerial-survey height ÷ 12 ft floor-to-floor | 6 |
| Height bandsfloor plate by floor range, from the city's roof outlines | Floors 1–4: 22,644 sq ft · Floor 5: 21,805 sq ft · Floor 6: 6,383 sq ft |
| Floor platetypical floor, from the city outlines | 22,644 sq ft |
| Daylight efficiencyshare within 35 ft of a facade | 88% |
| Deepest interior pointviability threshold is 80 ft | 54 ft |
| Windowless coretypical floor; the building-wide total is in the text above | 2,840 sq ft |
| Estimated homesat 750 sq ft average | 90 |
| Conversion cost$360/sq ft all-in on 96,119 sq ft | $34.6M |
| Gap before grantshortfall against completed value | $13.4M |
| Modeled RESIDE grantbelow the statutory cap | $5.4M |
| 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
38 ft of exterior wall for each home the screen estimates — enough for two- and three-bedroom homes across the plan.
The typical floor has 780 ft of exterior wall, and across 5 residential floors the building carries 3,456 ft of it in total, divided among the 90 homes this screen estimates.
Its plate is moderately compact at 0.47: a squarish plan, with enough perimeter for a conventional double-loaded corridor. How window line and plate shape are measured.
At the model’s 750 sq ft average, the plan works out at about 18.0 homes per floor, repeated on every residential floor, since this building's outline does not change as it rises.
Why 1371 N Cherokee St scores 78 out of 100
Daylight efficiency 97, Interior depth 64, Scale 60, Finance 62 — each out of 100, then weighted.
Score components for 1371 N Cherokee St. Points are the subscore times its weight.
| Component | Subscore | Weight | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight efficiency88% of the floor area within 35 ft of a facade, scored from 40% up to 90% | 97 | 45% | 43.5 |
| Interior depthdeepest interior point 54 ft from a facade, scored from 80 ft down to 40 ft | 64 | 25% | 16.0 |
| Scale90 estimated homes, scored from 0 up to 150 | 60 | 15% | 9.0 |
| Financeremaining gap is 23% of conversion cost, scored from 60% down to 0% | 62 | 15% | 9.2 |
Most of what it earns comes from daylight efficiency, and what holds it back most is scale, at 60 out of 100: 90 estimated homes, scored from 0 up to 150.
What the conversion would cost
$360 per square foot all-in across 96,119 sq ft of converted floor, or $34.6M in total — about $384K for each of the 90 homes.
All-in cost per square foot for 1371 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 11,173 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 90 homes is $21.2M.
What would have to be true
A $13.4M gap before any grant, $8.0M after the modeled one. The smallest single change that would close it: average unit size 23% down.
The shortfall before any grant is $13.4M. Closing it from the value side means each of the 90 homes finishing at $384K rather than the $236K the model assumes — 63% more. Closing it from the cost side means getting all-in cost down from $360 to $221 per square foot.
A modeled RESIDE grant of $5.4M moves that threshold to $324K a home. That is still above the $236K assumed, leaving $8.0M uncovered, which is why the grant does not unlock this one.
Nor do all four levers have to move. For 1371 N Cherokee St, one alone would close the gap at:
Single-assumption flip points for 1371 N Cherokee St, each holding the other three at their defaults.
| Average unit sizethe binding constraint — the least this building would need | 23% downto 581 sq ft |
|---|---|
| Conversion cost per square foot | 32% downto $177/sq ft |
| Completed value per home | 37% upto $324K |
All four are sliders in the survey, where 1371 N Cherokee St re-scores against your own numbers.
How it compares in Greater Downtown Denver
1371 N Cherokee St ranks 85th of the 214 buildings screened here, against a median score of 72.
Its floor plate is better lit than 67% of them, and shallower than 57% of them at its deepest interior point. On size it is the 164th 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
7th of 23 in Civic Center, 6th of 15 zoned D-GT — the comparison that shares its rules, rents and streets.
Denver places 23 of the screened buildings in Civic Center. 1371 N Cherokee St ranks 7th 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 54 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. 1371 N Cherokee St ranks 6th 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 54 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: 2255 Champa St
The screened building closest to 1371 N Cherokee St in converted floor area is 2255 Champa St: 95,190 sq ft over 7 stories, against 96,119 sq ft over 6 here.
1371 N Cherokee St scores 78 to its 64, and with the size held roughly equal most of that lead comes from daylight efficiency: 97 out of 100 here, 80 there (80% of the floor area within 35 ft of a facade, scored from 40% up to 90%). On the money they sit in the same place: each falls short even with the modeled grant. The two stand about 5,700 ft apart.
Would it qualify for a RESIDE Act grant?
The model awards 1371 N Cherokee St $5.4M, 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 1371 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.
- 1351 N Cherokee St7 stories · 89% daylit · 63 estimated homes · scores 81/100 (Strong candidate)about 190 ft away
- 1331 N Cherokee St8 stories · 75% daylit · 128 estimated homes · scores 53/100 (Worth a feasibility study)about 350 ft away
- 320 W Colfax Ave7 stories · 57% daylit · 215 estimated homes · scores 32/100 (Marginal)about 410 ft away
- 1314 N Elati St8 stories · 96% daylit · 111 estimated homes · scores 92/100 (Strong candidate)about 490 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.