2210 Blake St
2210 Blake St is a 5-story building in Greater Downtown Denver with 78% of its floor area within daylight reach of a facade. This screen estimates 68 homes and scores it 60 out of 100 for office-to-residential conversion suitability.
CO-1 · Screened 2026-09-19 · Worth a feasibility study
Also addressed as 2220 Blake St, 2228 Blake St and 2240 Blake St: Denver’s address records place all 4 on this one footprint.
Where 2210 Blake St is
Its block in Greater Downtown Denver, drawn from Denver's own building outlines and street centerlines.
- Already housing
- Not screened
- 2210 Blake St
This building does not pencil at default assumptions, even with a modeled RESIDE Act grant.
Across its 4 residential floors this building carries 17,499 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 2210 Blake St, 2026-09-19.
| Suitability scoreWorth a feasibility study | 60 / 100 |
|---|---|
| Storiesfrom 63 ft aerial-survey height ÷ 12 ft floor-to-floor | 5 |
| Height bandsfloor plate by floor range, from the city's roof outlines | Floors 1–2: 37,662 sq ft · Floor 3: 18,934 sq ft · Floors 4–5: 12,369 sq ft |
| Floor platetypical floor, from the city outlines | 37,662 sq ft |
| Daylight efficiencyshare within 35 ft of a facade | 78% |
| Deepest interior pointviability threshold is 80 ft | 62 ft |
| Windowless coretypical floor; the building-wide total is in the text above | 12,723 sq ft |
| Estimated homesat 750 sq ft average | 68 |
| Conversion cost$360/sq ft all-in on 81,333 sq ft | $29.3M |
| Gap before grantshortfall against completed value | $13.2M |
| Modeled RESIDE grantbelow the statutory cap | $4.1M |
| BuiltDenver does not publish a construction year with this data | — |
| ZoningFive Points | C-MX-5 |
| 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 853 ft of exterior wall, and across 4 residential floors the building carries 2,551 ft of it in total, divided among the 68 homes this screen estimates.
Its plate is moderately compact at 0.65: 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 17.0 homes per floor, repeated on every residential floor, since this building's outline does not change as it rises.
Why 2210 Blake St scores 60 out of 100
Daylight efficiency 77, Interior depth 44, Scale 45, Finance 48 — each out of 100, then weighted.
Score components for 2210 Blake St. Points are the subscore times its weight.
| Component | Subscore | Weight | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight efficiency78% of the floor area within 35 ft of a facade, scored from 40% up to 90% | 77 | 45% | 34.6 |
| Interior depthdeepest interior point 62 ft from a facade, scored from 80 ft down to 40 ft | 44 | 25% | 11.1 |
| Scale68 estimated homes, scored from 0 up to 150 | 45 | 15% | 6.8 |
| Financeremaining gap is 31% of conversion cost, scored from 60% down to 0% | 48 | 15% | 7.2 |
Most of what it earns comes from daylight efficiency, and what holds it back most is interior depth, at 44 out of 100: deepest interior point 62 ft from a facade, scored from 80 ft down to 40 ft.
What the conversion would cost
$360 per square foot all-in across 81,333 sq ft of converted floor, or $29.3M in total — about $431K for each of the 68 homes.
All-in cost per square foot for 2210 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 17,499 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 68 homes is $16.0M.
What would have to be true
A $13.2M gap before any grant, $9.2M after the modeled one. The smallest single change that would close it: average unit size 31% down.
The shortfall before any grant is $13.2M. Closing it from the value side means each of the 68 homes finishing at $431K rather than the $236K the model assumes — 82% more. Closing it from the cost side means getting all-in cost down from $360 to $197 per square foot.
A modeled RESIDE grant of $4.1M moves that threshold to $371K a home. That is still above the $236K assumed, leaving $9.2M uncovered, which is why the grant does not unlock this one.
Nor do all four levers have to move. For 2210 Blake St, one alone would close the gap at:
Single-assumption flip points for 2210 Blake St, each holding the other three at their defaults.
| Average unit sizethe binding constraint — the least this building would need | 31% downto 516 sq ft |
|---|---|
| Conversion cost per square foot | 43% downto $147/sq ft |
| Completed value per home | 57% upto $371K |
All four are sliders in the survey, where 2210 Blake St re-scores against your own numbers.
How it compares in Greater Downtown Denver
2210 Blake St ranks 171st of the 214 buildings screened here, against a median score of 72.
Its floor plate is better lit than 36% of them, and shallower than 26% of them at its deepest interior point. On size it is the 188th 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
15th of 20 in Five Points — the comparison that shares its rules, rents and streets.
Denver places 20 of the screened buildings in Five Points. 2210 Blake St ranks 15th 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 62 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: 1801 N Pennsylvania St
The screened building closest to 2210 Blake St in converted floor area is 1801 N Pennsylvania St: 84,161 sq ft over 5 stories, against 81,333 sq ft over 5 here.
2210 Blake St scores 60 to its 91, and with the size held roughly equal most of that shortfall comes from interior depth: 44 out of 100 here, 100 there (deepest interior point 34 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 4,900 ft apart.
Would it qualify for a RESIDE Act grant?
The model awards 2210 Blake St $4.1M, 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 2210 Blake St
The 4 closest the screen also covers, from 210 ft away. They are the colored outlines on the plan at the top of this page.
- 2229 Blake St6 stories · 77% daylit · already a condominium buildingabout 210 ft away
- 2261 Blake St6 stories · 98% daylit · already a condominium buildingabout 290 ft away
- 2100 Blake St8 stories · 96% daylit · already an apartment buildingabout 420 ft away
- 2101 Market St7 stories · 90% daylit · 227 estimated homes · scores 80/100 (Strong candidate)about 460 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.