2001 N Lincoln St
2001 N Lincoln St is a 32-story building in Greater Downtown Denver with 84% of its floor area within daylight reach of a facade. This screen estimates 487 homes and scores it 82 out of 100 for office-to-residential conversion suitability.
CO-1 · Screened 2026-09-19 · Strong candidate
Also addressed as 2011 N Lincoln St: Denver’s address records place both on this one footprint.
Where 2001 N Lincoln St is
Its block in Greater Downtown Denver, drawn from Denver's own building outlines and street centerlines.
- Already housing
- Not screened
- 2001 N Lincoln St
This building does not pencil at default assumptions, even with a modeled RESIDE Act grant.
Across its 31 residential floors this building carries 85,127 sq ft of windowless core — area that must be gutted, re-plumbed and sprinklered but can never be rented as an apartment.
Part of this building is already homes. Denver's property records list 177 condominiums here, alongside 5 non-residential records. The figures here treat the whole building as convertible, so read them as an upper bound and check which floors are already housing.
Modeled conversion metrics for 2001 N Lincoln St, 2026-09-19.
| Suitability scoreStrong candidate | 82 / 100 |
|---|---|
| Storiesfrom 380 ft aerial-survey height ÷ 12 ft floor-to-floor | 32 |
| Height bandsfloor plate by floor range, from the city's roof outlines | Floors 1–7: 22,671 sq ft · Floors 8–22: 17,545 sq ft · Floors 23–25: 15,395 sq ft · Floors 26–32: 13,798 sq ft |
| Floor platetypical floor, from the city outlines | 17,545 sq ft |
| Daylight efficiencyshare within 35 ft of a facade | 84% |
| Deepest interior pointviability threshold is 80 ft | 47 ft |
| Windowless coretypical floor; the building-wide total is in the text above | 2,452 sq ft |
| Estimated homesat 750 sq ft average | 487 |
| Conversion cost$360/sq ft all-in on 541,967 sq ft | $195.1M |
| Gap before grantshortfall against completed value | $80.2M |
| Modeled RESIDE grantat the statutory per-award cap | $10.0M |
| BuiltDenver does not publish a construction year with this data | — |
| ZoningFive Points | D-C |
| 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 609 ft of exterior wall, and across 31 residential floors the building carries 18,301 ft of it in total, divided among the 487 homes this screen estimates.
Its plate is moderately compact at 0.59: 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 15.7 homes per floor. Its floors are not alike, though: the typical floor's deepest interior point is 47 ft from a facade, while its worst floor reaches 66 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 2001 N Lincoln St scores 82 out of 100
Daylight efficiency 89, Interior depth 83, Scale 100, Finance 40 — each out of 100, then weighted.
Score components for 2001 N Lincoln St. Points are the subscore times its weight.
| Component | Subscore | Weight | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight efficiency84% of the floor area within 35 ft of a facade, scored from 40% up to 90% | 89 | 45% | 39.9 |
| Interior depthdeepest interior point 47 ft from a facade, scored from 80 ft down to 40 ft | 83 | 25% | 20.7 |
| Scale487 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% | 40 | 15% | 6.0 |
Most of what it earns comes from daylight efficiency, and what holds it back most is finance, at 40 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 541,967 sq ft of converted floor, or $195.1M in total — about $401K for each of the 487 homes.
All-in cost per square foot for 2001 N Lincoln 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 85,127 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 487 homes is $114.9M.
What would have to be true
A $80.2M gap before any grant, $70.2M after the modeled one. The smallest single change that would close it: average unit size 38% down.
The shortfall before any grant is $80.2M. Closing it from the value side means each of the 487 homes finishing at $401K rather than the $236K the model assumes — 70% more. Closing it from the cost side means getting all-in cost down from $360 to $212 per square foot.
A modeled RESIDE grant of $10.0M moves that threshold to $380K a home. That is still above the $236K assumed, leaving $70.2M uncovered, which is why the grant does not unlock this one.
Nor do all four levers have to move. For 2001 N Lincoln St, one alone would close the gap at:
Single-assumption flip points for 2001 N Lincoln St, each holding the other three at their defaults.
| Average unit sizethe binding constraint — the least this building would need | 38% downto 466 sq ft |
|---|---|
| Conversion cost per square foot | 50% downto $131/sq ft |
| Completed value per home | 61% upto $380K |
All four are sliders in the survey, where 2001 N Lincoln St re-scores against your own numbers.
How it compares in Greater Downtown Denver
2001 N Lincoln St ranks 71st of the 214 buildings screened here, against a median score of 72.
Its floor plate is better lit than 55% of them, and shallower than 72% of them at its deepest interior point. On size it is the 40th 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 and the D-C zone
6th of 20 in Five Points, 22nd of 72 zoned D-C — the comparison that shares its rules, rents and streets.
Denver places 20 of the screened buildings in Five Points. 2001 N Lincoln St ranks 6th 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 47 ft, and together they would hold an estimated 5,122 homes. The group’s top scorer is 3355 Denargo St, at 90.
72 of the screened buildings are zoned D-C. 2001 N Lincoln St ranks 22nd of them against a median score of 73. 39 score 70 or more, their median deepest interior point is 57 ft from a facade against this building’s 47 ft, and together they would hold an estimated 32,881 homes. The group’s top scorer is 721 19th St, at 95.
Its nearest match in size: 1660 N Lincoln St
The screened building closest to 2001 N Lincoln St in converted floor area is 1660 N Lincoln St: 494,283 sq ft over 31 stories, against 541,967 sq ft over 32 here.
2001 N Lincoln St scores 82 to its 71, and with the size held roughly equal most of that lead comes from interior depth: 83 out of 100 here, 52 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 1,800 ft apart.
Would it qualify for a RESIDE Act grant?
The model awards 2001 N Lincoln 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 N Lincoln St
The 4 closest the screen also covers, from 350 ft away. They are the colored outlines on the plan at the top of this page.
- 1999 N Broadway46 stories · 91% daylit · 802 estimated homes · scores 83/100 (Strong candidate)about 350 ft away
- 2017 Welton St8 stories · 74% daylit · 117 estimated homes · scores 64/100 (Worth a feasibility study)about 470 ft away
- 2014 California St12 stories · 87% daylit · already an apartment buildingabout 520 ft away
- 1905 N Sherman St10 stories · 100% daylit · 54 estimated homes · scores 87/100 (Strong candidate)about 620 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.