2001 Blake St
2001 Blake St is a 11-story building in Greater Downtown Denver with 72% of its floor area within daylight reach of a facade. This screen estimates 1,440 homes and scores it 35 out of 100 for office-to-residential conversion suitability.
CO-1 · Screened 2026-09-19 · Marginal
Where 2001 Blake St is
Its block in Greater Downtown Denver, drawn from Denver's own building outlines and street centerlines.
- Already housing
- Not screened
- 2001 Blake St
This building does not pencil at default assumptions, even with a modeled RESIDE Act grant.
Across its 10 residential floors this building carries 533,627 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 2001 Blake St, 2026-09-19.
| Suitability scoreMarginal | 35 / 100 |
|---|---|
| Storiesfrom 129 ft aerial-survey height ÷ 12 ft floor-to-floor | 11 |
| Height bandsfloor plate by floor range, from the city's roof outlines | Floors 1–2: 287,165 sq ft · Floor 3: 281,463 sq ft · Floor 4: 259,198 sq ft · Floors 5–6: 257,324 sq ft · Floor 7: 255,728 sq ft · Floor 8: 144,129 sq ft · Floors 9–10: 49,206 sq ft · Floor 11: 43,700 sq ft |
| Floor platetypical floor, from the city outlines | 257,324 sq ft |
| Daylight efficiencyshare within 35 ft of a facade | 72% |
| Deepest interior pointviability threshold is 80 ft | 92 ft |
| Windowless coretypical floor; the building-wide total is in the text above | 81,410 sq ft |
| Estimated homesat 750 sq ft average | 1,440 |
| Conversion cost$360/sq ft all-in on 1,884,443 sq ft | $678.4M |
| Gap before grantshortfall against completed value | $338.6M |
| Modeled RESIDE grantat the statutory per-award cap | $10.0M |
| BuiltDenver does not publish a construction year with this data | — |
| ZoningFive Points | I-A |
| Opportunity Zonenot in a 2018 designated tract | No |
The plan: window line, shape and floor rhythm
36 ft of exterior wall for each home the screen estimates — enough for two- and three-bedroom homes across the plan.
The typical floor has 6,183 ft of exterior wall, and across 10 residential floors the building carries 51,938 ft of it in total, divided among the 1,440 homes this screen estimates.
Its plate is highly articulated at 0.08: a long, notched or wing-shaped outline with far more facade than its area needs — wasteful as an office envelope, and close to ideal for apartments. How window line and plate shape are measured.
At the model’s 750 sq ft average, the plan works out at about 144.0 homes per floor, repeated on every residential floor, since this building's outline does not change as it rises.
Why 2001 Blake St scores 35 out of 100
The weighted components add to 46, but the score is capped at 35 because its deepest interior point is 92 ft from a facade, past the 80 ft threshold beyond which conversion requires carving a light well.
Score components for 2001 Blake St. Points are the subscore times its weight.
| Component | Subscore | Weight | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight efficiency72% of the floor area within 35 ft of a facade, scored from 40% up to 90% | 63 | 45% | 28.5 |
| Interior depthdeepest interior point 92 ft from a facade, scored from 80 ft down to 40 ft | 0 | 25% | 0.0 |
| Scale1440 estimated homes, scored from 0 up to 150 | 100 | 15% | 15.0 |
| Financeremaining gap is 48% of conversion cost, scored from 60% down to 0% | 19 | 15% | 2.9 |
Most of what it earns comes from daylight efficiency, and what holds it back most is interior depth, at 0 out of 100: deepest interior point 92 ft from a facade, scored from 80 ft down to 40 ft.
What the conversion would cost
$360 per square foot all-in across 1,884,443 sq ft of converted floor, or $678.4M in total — about $471K for each of the 1,440 homes.
All-in cost per square foot for 2001 Blake 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 533,627 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 1,440 homes is $339.8M.
What would have to be true
A $338.6M gap before any grant, $328.6M after the modeled one. The smallest single change that would close it: average unit size 49% down.
The shortfall before any grant is $338.6M. Closing it from the value side means each of the 1,440 homes finishing at $471K rather than the $236K the model assumes — 100% more. Closing it from the cost side means getting all-in cost down from $360 to $180 per square foot.
A modeled RESIDE grant of $10.0M moves that threshold to $464K a home. That is still above the $236K assumed, leaving $328.6M uncovered, which is why the grant does not unlock this one.
Nor do all four levers have to move. For 2001 Blake St, one alone would close the gap at:
Single-assumption flip points for 2001 Blake St, each holding the other three at their defaults.
| Average unit sizethe binding constraint — the least this building would need | 49% downto 381 sq ft |
|---|---|
| Conversion cost per square foot | 67% downto $86/sq ft |
| Completed value per home | 97% upto $464K |
All four are sliders in the survey, where 2001 Blake St re-scores against your own numbers.
How it compares in Greater Downtown Denver
2001 Blake St ranks 203rd of the 214 buildings screened here, against a median score of 72.
Its floor plate is better lit than 19% of them, and shallower than 2% of them at its deepest interior point. On size it is the 4th 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
20th of 20 in Five Points — the comparison that shares its rules, rents and streets.
Denver places 20 of the screened buildings in Five Points. 2001 Blake St ranks 20th 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 92 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: 950 13th St
The screened building closest to 2001 Blake St in converted floor area is 950 13th St: 2,214,348 sq ft over 12 stories, against 1,884,443 sq ft over 11 here.
2001 Blake St scores 35 to its 15, and with the size held roughly equal most of that lead comes from daylight efficiency: 63 out of 100 here, 0 there (38% 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 4,300 ft apart.
Would it qualify for a RESIDE Act grant?
The model awards 2001 Blake 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 2001 Blake St
The 4 closest the screen also covers, from 540 ft away. They are the colored outlines on the plan at the top of this page.
- 2100 Blake St8 stories · 96% daylit · already an apartment buildingabout 540 ft away
- 2101 Market St7 stories · 90% daylit · 227 estimated homes · scores 80/100 (Strong candidate)about 670 ft away
- 1981 Blake St6 stories · 83% daylit · 72 estimated homes · scores 66/100 (Worth a feasibility study)about 700 ft away
- 2229 Blake St6 stories · 77% daylit · already a condominium buildingabout 740 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.