1750 16th St
1750 16th St is a 13-story building in Greater Downtown Denver with 69% of its floor area within daylight reach of a facade. This screen estimates 280 homes and scores it 49 out of 100 for office-to-residential conversion suitability.
CO-1 · Screened 2026-09-19 · Marginal
Also addressed as 1760 16th St, 1770 16th St, 1780 16th St, 1585 Wynkoop St and 1591 Wynkoop St: Denver’s address records place all 6 on this one footprint.
Where 1750 16th St is
Its block in Greater Downtown Denver, drawn from Denver's own building outlines and street centerlines.
- Already housing
- Not screened
- 1750 16th St
This building does not pencil at default assumptions, even with a modeled RESIDE Act grant.
Across its 12 residential floors this building carries 118,845 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 1750 16th St, 2026-09-19.
| Suitability scoreMarginal | 49 / 100 |
|---|---|
| Storiesfrom 155 ft aerial-survey height ÷ 12 ft floor-to-floor | 13 |
| Height bandsfloor plate by floor range, from the city's roof outlines | Floors 1–2: 46,583 sq ft · Floors 3–4: 38,991 sq ft · Floor 5: 38,065 sq ft · Floor 6: 36,054 sq ft · Floors 7–10: 32,655 sq ft · Floors 11–12: 21,175 sq ft · Floor 13: 10,259 sq ft |
| Floor platetypical floor, from the city outlines | 32,655 sq ft |
| Daylight efficiencyshare within 35 ft of a facade | 69% |
| Deepest interior pointviability threshold is 80 ft | 73 ft |
| Windowless coretypical floor; the building-wide total is in the text above | 10,438 sq ft |
| Estimated homesat 750 sq ft average | 280 |
| Conversion cost$360/sq ft all-in on 381,915 sq ft | $137.5M |
| Gap before grantshortfall against completed value | $71.4M |
| Modeled RESIDE grantat the statutory per-award cap | $10.0M |
| BuiltDenver does not publish a construction year with this data | — |
| ZoningUnion Station | D-LD |
| Opportunity Zonenot in a 2018 designated tract | No |
The plan: window line, shape and floor rhythm
35 ft of exterior wall for each home the screen estimates — enough for two- and three-bedroom homes across the plan.
The typical floor has 822 ft of exterior wall, and across 12 residential floors the building carries 9,728 ft of it in total, divided among the 280 homes this screen estimates.
Its plate is moderately compact at 0.61: 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 23.3 homes per floor. Its floors are not alike, though: the typical floor's deepest interior point is 73 ft from a facade, while its worst floor reaches 90 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 1750 16th St scores 49 out of 100
Daylight efficiency 58, Interior depth 18, Scale 100, Finance 26 — each out of 100, then weighted.
Score components for 1750 16th St. Points are the subscore times its weight.
| Component | Subscore | Weight | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight efficiency69% of the floor area within 35 ft of a facade, scored from 40% up to 90% | 58 | 45% | 26.0 |
| Interior depthdeepest interior point 73 ft from a facade, scored from 80 ft down to 40 ft | 18 | 25% | 4.6 |
| Scale280 estimated homes, scored from 0 up to 150 | 100 | 15% | 15.0 |
| Financeremaining gap is 45% of conversion cost, scored from 60% down to 0% | 26 | 15% | 3.8 |
Most of what it earns comes from daylight efficiency, and what holds it back most is interior depth, at 18 out of 100: deepest interior point 73 ft from a facade, scored from 80 ft down to 40 ft.
What the conversion would cost
$360 per square foot all-in across 381,915 sq ft of converted floor, or $137.5M in total — about $491K for each of the 280 homes.
All-in cost per square foot for 1750 16th 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 118,845 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 280 homes is $66.1M.
What would have to be true
A $71.4M gap before any grant, $61.4M after the modeled one. The smallest single change that would close it: average unit size 48% down.
The shortfall before any grant is $71.4M. Closing it from the value side means each of the 280 homes finishing at $491K rather than the $236K the model assumes — 108% more. Closing it from the cost side means getting all-in cost down from $360 to $173 per square foot.
A modeled RESIDE grant of $10.0M moves that threshold to $455K a home. That is still above the $236K assumed, leaving $61.4M uncovered, which is why the grant does not unlock this one.
Nor do all four levers have to move. For 1750 16th St, one alone would close the gap at:
Single-assumption flip points for 1750 16th St, each holding the other three at their defaults.
| Average unit sizethe binding constraint — the least this building would need | 48% downto 389 sq ft |
|---|---|
| Conversion cost per square foot | 62% downto $99/sq ft |
| Completed value per home | 93% upto $455K |
All four are sliders in the survey, where 1750 16th St re-scores against your own numbers.
How it compares in Greater Downtown Denver
1750 16th St ranks 195th of the 214 buildings screened here, against a median score of 72.
Its floor plate is better lit than 10% of them, and shallower than 9% of them at its deepest interior point. On size it is the 74th 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 Union Station and the D-LD zone
54th of 55 in Union Station, 29th of 29 zoned D-LD — the comparison that shares its rules, rents and streets.
Denver places 55 of the screened buildings in Union Station. 1750 16th St ranks 54th of them against a median score of 69. 23 score 70 or more, their median deepest interior point is 61 ft from a facade against this building’s 73 ft, and together they would hold an estimated 13,167 homes. The group’s top scorer is 1600 17th St, at 95.
29 of the screened buildings are zoned D-LD. 1750 16th St ranks 29th of them against a median score of 68. 10 score 70 or more, their median deepest interior point is 61 ft from a facade against this building’s 73 ft, and together they would hold an estimated 5,069 homes. The group’s top scorer is 1600 17th St, at 95.
Its nearest match in size: 303 E 17th Ave
The screened building closest to 1750 16th St in converted floor area is 303 E 17th Ave: 362,902 sq ft over 12 stories, against 381,915 sq ft over 13 here.
1750 16th St scores 49 to its 56, and with the size held roughly equal most of that shortfall comes from interior depth: 18 out of 100 here, 53 there (deepest interior point 59 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 6,000 ft apart.
Would it qualify for a RESIDE Act grant?
The model awards 1750 16th St $10.0M, 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 1750 16th St
The 4 closest the screen also covers, from 220 ft away. They are the colored outlines on the plan at the top of this page.
- 1781 15th St10 stories · 69% daylit · 248 estimated homes · scores 51/100 (Worth a feasibility study)about 220 ft away
- 1751 16th St6 stories · 70% daylit · 80 estimated homes · scores 50/100 (Marginal)about 240 ft away
- 1550 Wewatta St13 stories · 79% daylit · 228 estimated homes · scores 66/100 (Worth a feasibility study)about 300 ft away
- 1606 16th St8 stories · 74% daylit · 289 estimated homes · scores 62/100 (Worth a feasibility study)about 360 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.