2900 N Fox St
2900 N Fox St is a 8-story building in Greater Downtown Denver with 70% of its floor area within daylight reach of a facade. This screen estimates 176 homes and scores it 58 out of 100 for office-to-residential conversion suitability.
CO-1 · Screened 2026-09-19 · Worth a feasibility study
Where 2900 N Fox St is
Its block in Greater Downtown Denver, drawn from Denver's own building outlines and street centerlines.
- Already housing
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- 2900 N Fox St
This building does not pencil at default assumptions, even with a modeled RESIDE Act grant.
Every floor carries 10,249 sq ft of windowless core — area that must be gutted, re-plumbed and sprinklered but can never be rented as an apartment. Across 7 residential floors that is 71,740 sq ft of cost carrying no revenue.
Modeled conversion metrics for 2900 N Fox St, 2026-09-19.
| Suitability scoreWorth a feasibility study | 58 / 100 |
|---|---|
| Storiesfrom 90 ft aerial-survey height ÷ 12 ft floor-to-floor | 8 |
| Floor plateper floor, from the city footprint | 33,944 sq ft |
| Daylight efficiencyshare within 35 ft of a facade | 70% |
| Deepest interior pointviability threshold is 80 ft | 62 ft |
| Windowless coreper floor — renovated but never rentable | 10,249 sq ft |
| Estimated homesat 750 sq ft average | 176 |
| Conversion cost$360/sq ft all-in on 237,608 sq ft | $85.5M |
| Gap before grantshortfall against completed value | $44.0M |
| Modeled RESIDE grantat the statutory per-award cap | $10.0M |
| BuiltDenver does not publish a construction year with this data | — |
| ZoningFive Points | C-MX-12 |
| Opportunity Zonenot in a 2018 designated tract | No |
The plan: window line, shape and floor rhythm
34 ft of exterior wall for each home the screen estimates — enough for two- and three-bedroom homes across the plan.
The typical floor has 867 ft of exterior wall, and across 7 residential floors the building carries 6,070 ft of it in total, divided among the 176 homes this screen estimates.
Its plate is moderately compact at 0.57: 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 25.1 homes per floor, repeated on every residential floor, since this building's outline does not change as it rises.
Why 2900 N Fox St scores 58 out of 100
Daylight efficiency 60, Interior depth 46, Scale 100, Finance 34 — each out of 100, then weighted.
Score components for 2900 N Fox St. Points are the subscore times its weight.
| Component | Subscore | Weight | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight efficiency70% of the floor area within 35 ft of a facade, scored from 40% up to 90% | 60 | 45% | 26.8 |
| Interior depthdeepest interior point 62 ft from a facade, scored from 80 ft down to 40 ft | 46 | 25% | 11.5 |
| Scale176 estimated homes, scored from 0 up to 150 | 100 | 15% | 15.0 |
| Financeremaining gap is 40% of conversion cost, scored from 60% down to 0% | 34 | 15% | 5.1 |
Most of what it earns comes from daylight efficiency, and what holds it back most is finance, at 34 out of 100: remaining gap is 40% of conversion cost, scored from 60% down to 0%.
What the conversion would cost
$360 per square foot all-in across 237,608 sq ft of converted floor, or $85.5M in total — about $486K for each of the 176 homes.
All-in cost per square foot for 2900 N Fox 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 71,740 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 176 homes is $41.5M.
What would have to be true
A $44.0M gap before any grant, $34.0M after the modeled one. The smallest single change that would close it: average unit size 45% down.
The shortfall before any grant is $44.0M. Closing it from the value side means each of the 176 homes finishing at $486K rather than the $236K the model assumes — 106% more. Closing it from the cost side means getting all-in cost down from $360 to $175 per square foot.
A modeled RESIDE grant of $10.0M moves that threshold to $429K a home. That is still above the $236K assumed, leaving $34.0M uncovered, which is why the grant does not unlock this one.
Nor do all four levers have to move. For 2900 N Fox St, one alone would close the gap at:
Single-assumption flip points for 2900 N Fox St, each holding the other three at their defaults.
| Average unit sizethe binding constraint — the least this building would need | 45% downto 413 sq ft |
|---|---|
| Conversion cost per square foot | 55% downto $117/sq ft |
| Completed value per home | 82% upto $429K |
All four are sliders in the survey, where 2900 N Fox St re-scores against your own numbers.
How it compares in Greater Downtown Denver
2900 N Fox St ranks 175th of the 214 buildings screened here, against a median score of 72.
Its floor plate is better lit than 12% of them, and shallower than 34% of them at its deepest interior point. On size it is the 118th 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 C-MX-12 zone
16th of 20 in Five Points, 15th of 16 zoned C-MX-12 — the comparison that shares its rules, rents and streets.
Denver places 20 of the screened buildings in Five Points. 2900 N Fox St ranks 16th 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.
16 of the screened buildings are zoned C-MX-12. 2900 N Fox St ranks 15th of them against a median score of 85. 13 score 70 or more, their median deepest interior point is 44 ft from a facade against this building’s 62 ft, and together they would hold an estimated 2,011 homes. The group’s top scorer is 1776 N Grant St, at 97.
Its nearest match in size: 2101 Market St
The screened building closest to 2900 N Fox St in converted floor area is 2101 Market St: 235,459 sq ft over 7 stories, against 237,608 sq ft over 8 here.
2900 N Fox St scores 58 to its 80, and with the size held roughly equal most of that shortfall comes from daylight efficiency: 60 out of 100 here, 100 there (90% 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 1,700 ft apart.
Would it qualify for a RESIDE Act grant?
The model awards 2900 N Fox 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 2900 N Fox St
The 4 closest the screen also covers, from 440 ft away. They are the colored outlines on the plan at the top of this page.
- 3001 N Fox St5 stories · 88% daylit · already an apartment buildingabout 440 ft away
- 2100 Delgany St7 stories · 90% daylit · already an apartment buildingabout 600 ft away
- 3100 N Huron St6 stories · 94% daylit · already a condominium buildingabout 830 ft away
- 2001 Blake St11 stories · 72% daylit · 1,440 estimated homes · scores 35/100 (Marginal)about 1,180 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.