1960 N Ogden St
1960 N Ogden St is a 8-story building in Greater Downtown Denver with 79% of its floor area within daylight reach of a facade. This screen estimates 244 homes and scores it 70 out of 100 for office-to-residential conversion suitability.
CO-1 · Screened 2026-09-19 · Worth a feasibility study
Also addressed as 1990 N Ogden St: Denver’s address records place both on this one footprint.
Where 1960 N Ogden St is
Its block in Greater Downtown Denver, drawn from Denver's own building outlines and street centerlines.
- Already housing
- Not screened
- 1960 N Ogden St
This building does not pencil at default assumptions, even with a modeled RESIDE Act grant.
Across its 7 residential floors this building carries 61,737 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 1960 N Ogden St, 2026-09-19.
| Suitability scoreWorth a feasibility study | 70 / 100 |
|---|---|
| Storiesfrom 91 ft aerial-survey height ÷ 12 ft floor-to-floor | 8 |
| Height bandsfloor plate by floor range, from the city's roof outlines | Floor 1: 56,120 sq ft · Floor 2: 54,074 sq ft · Floors 3–6: 52,050 sq ft · Floor 7: 27,404 sq ft · Floor 8: 1,709 sq ft |
| Floor platetypical floor, from the city outlines | 52,050 sq ft |
| Daylight efficiencyshare within 35 ft of a facade | 79% |
| Deepest interior pointviability threshold is 80 ft | 58 ft |
| Windowless coretypical floor; the building-wide total is in the text above | 11,013 sq ft |
| Estimated homesat 750 sq ft average | 244 |
| Conversion cost$360/sq ft all-in on 291,388 sq ft | $104.9M |
| Gap before grantshortfall against completed value | $47.3M |
| Modeled RESIDE grantat the statutory per-award cap | $10.0M |
| BuiltDenver does not publish a construction year with this data | — |
| ZoningFive Points | CMP-H |
| Opportunity Zonenot in a 2018 designated tract | No |
The plan: window line, shape and floor rhythm
37 ft of exterior wall for each home the screen estimates — enough for two- and three-bedroom homes across the plan.
The typical floor has 1,575 ft of exterior wall, and across 7 residential floors the building carries 8,916 ft of it in total, divided among the 244 homes this screen estimates.
Its plate is elongated at 0.26: a slab or an L, which is why so much of the floor lies within reach of a window: the outline buys daylight that a square plan of the same area would not. How window line and plate shape are measured.
At the model’s 750 sq ft average, the plan works out at about 34.9 homes per floor, repeated on every residential floor, since this building's outline does not change as it rises.
Why 1960 N Ogden St scores 70 out of 100
Daylight efficiency 78, Interior depth 54, Scale 100, Finance 41 — each out of 100, then weighted.
Score components for 1960 N Ogden St. Points are the subscore times its weight.
| Component | Subscore | Weight | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight efficiency79% of the floor area within 35 ft of a facade, scored from 40% up to 90% | 78 | 45% | 34.9 |
| Interior depthdeepest interior point 58 ft from a facade, scored from 80 ft down to 40 ft | 54 | 25% | 13.5 |
| Scale244 estimated homes, scored from 0 up to 150 | 100 | 15% | 15.0 |
| Financeremaining gap is 36% of conversion cost, scored from 60% down to 0% | 41 | 15% | 6.1 |
Most of what it earns comes from daylight efficiency, and what holds it back most is finance, at 41 out of 100: remaining gap is 36% of conversion cost, scored from 60% down to 0%.
What the conversion would cost
$360 per square foot all-in across 291,388 sq ft of converted floor, or $104.9M in total — about $430K for each of the 244 homes.
All-in cost per square foot for 1960 N Ogden 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 61,737 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 244 homes is $57.6M.
What would have to be true
A $47.3M gap before any grant, $37.3M after the modeled one. The smallest single change that would close it: average unit size 39% down.
The shortfall before any grant is $47.3M. Closing it from the value side means each of the 244 homes finishing at $430K rather than the $236K the model assumes — 82% more. Closing it from the cost side means getting all-in cost down from $360 to $198 per square foot.
A modeled RESIDE grant of $10.0M moves that threshold to $389K a home. That is still above the $236K assumed, leaving $37.3M uncovered, which is why the grant does not unlock this one.
Nor do all four levers have to move. For 1960 N Ogden St, one alone would close the gap at:
Single-assumption flip points for 1960 N Ogden St, each holding the other three at their defaults.
| Average unit sizethe binding constraint — the least this building would need | 39% downto 456 sq ft |
|---|---|
| Conversion cost per square foot | 49% downto $132/sq ft |
| Completed value per home | 65% upto $389K |
All four are sliders in the survey, where 1960 N Ogden St re-scores against your own numbers.
How it compares in Greater Downtown Denver
1960 N Ogden St ranks 117th of the 214 buildings screened here, against a median score of 72.
Its floor plate is better lit than 38% of them, and shallower than 50% of them at its deepest interior point. On size it is the 92nd 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 Five Points
10th of 20 in Five Points — the comparison that shares its rules, rents and streets.
Denver places 20 of the screened buildings in Five Points. 1960 N Ogden St ranks 10th of them against a median score of 68. 9 score 70 or more, their median deepest interior point is 61 ft from a facade against this building’s 58 ft, and together they would hold an estimated 5,122 homes. The group’s top scorer is 3355 Denargo St, at 90.
Its nearest match in size: 2401 Blake St
The screened building closest to 1960 N Ogden St in converted floor area is 2401 Blake St: 286,906 sq ft over 7 stories, against 291,388 sq ft over 8 here.
1960 N Ogden St scores 70 to its 86, and with the size held roughly equal most of that shortfall comes from interior depth: 54 out of 100 here, 95 there (deepest interior point 42 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 1960 N Ogden 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 1960 N Ogden St
The 4 closest the screen also covers, from 370 ft away. They are the colored outlines on the plan at the top of this page.
- 1010 E 19th Ave10 stories · 100% daylit · already an apartment buildingabout 370 ft away
- 1099 E 18th Ave5 stories · 70% daylit · 76 estimated homes · scores 51/100 (Worth a feasibility study)about 550 ft away
- 1818 N Ogden St7 stories · 68% daylit · 122 estimated homes · scores 47/100 (Marginal)about 600 ft away
- 2024 N Clarkson St8 stories · 100% daylit · already an apartment buildingabout 770 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.