716 16th St
716 16th St is a 10-story building in Greater Downtown Denver with 66% of its floor area within daylight reach of a facade. This screen estimates 194 homes and scores it 53 out of 100 for office-to-residential conversion suitability.
CO-1 · Screened 2026-09-19 · Worth a feasibility study
Also addressed as 718 16th St, 720 16th St, 750 16th St and 1520 Stout St: Denver’s address records place all 5 on this one footprint.
Where 716 16th St is
Its block in Greater Downtown Denver, drawn from Denver's own building outlines and street centerlines.
- Already housing
- Not screened
- 716 16th St
This building does not pencil at default assumptions, even with a modeled RESIDE Act grant.
Across its 9 residential floors this building carries 92,320 sq ft of windowless core — area that must be gutted, re-plumbed and sprinklered but can never be rented as an apartment.
Read with caution. This footprint carries 5 street addresses across 49,692 sq ft, which usually means the city’s GIS has merged a block or complex into a single polygon rather than describing one convertible building.
Modeled conversion metrics for 716 16th St, 2026-09-19.
| Suitability scoreWorth a feasibility study | 53 / 100 |
|---|---|
| Storiesfrom 124 ft aerial-survey height ÷ 12 ft floor-to-floor | 10 |
| Height bandsfloor plate by floor range, from the city's roof outlines | Floors 1–6: 49,692 sq ft · Floor 7: 22,187 sq ft · Floor 8: 3,178 sq ft · Floors 9–10: 559 sq ft |
| Floor platetypical floor, from the city outlines | 49,692 sq ft |
| Daylight efficiencyshare within 35 ft of a facade | 66% |
| Deepest interior pointviability threshold is 80 ft | 64 ft |
| Windowless coretypical floor; the building-wide total is in the text above | 17,284 sq ft |
| Estimated homesat 750 sq ft average | 194 |
| Conversion cost$360/sq ft all-in on 274,943 sq ft | $99.0M |
| Gap before grantshortfall against completed value | $53.2M |
| Modeled RESIDE grantat the statutory per-award cap | $10.0M |
| BuiltDenver does not publish a construction year with this data | — |
| ZoningCBD | D-C |
| 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 1,089 ft of exterior wall, and across 9 residential floors the building carries 6,585 ft of it in total, divided among the 194 homes this screen estimates.
Its plate is moderately compact at 0.53: 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 21.6 homes per floor, repeated on every residential floor, since this building's outline does not change as it rises.
Why 716 16th St scores 53 out of 100
Daylight efficiency 53, Interior depth 40, Scale 100, Finance 27 — each out of 100, then weighted.
Score components for 716 16th St. Points are the subscore times its weight.
| Component | Subscore | Weight | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight efficiency66% of the floor area within 35 ft of a facade, scored from 40% up to 90% | 53 | 45% | 23.8 |
| Interior depthdeepest interior point 64 ft from a facade, scored from 80 ft down to 40 ft | 40 | 25% | 10.0 |
| Scale194 estimated homes, scored from 0 up to 150 | 100 | 15% | 15.0 |
| Financeremaining gap is 44% of conversion cost, scored from 60% down to 0% | 27 | 15% | 4.1 |
Most of what it earns comes from daylight efficiency, and what holds it back most is finance, at 27 out of 100: remaining gap is 44% of conversion cost, scored from 60% down to 0%.
What the conversion would cost
$360 per square foot all-in across 274,943 sq ft of converted floor, or $99.0M in total — about $510K for each of the 194 homes.
All-in cost per square foot for 716 16th 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 92,320 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 194 homes is $45.8M.
What would have to be true
A $53.2M gap before any grant, $43.2M after the modeled one. The smallest single change that would close it: average unit size 48% down.
The shortfall before any grant is $53.2M. Closing it from the value side means each of the 194 homes finishing at $510K rather than the $236K the model assumes — 116% more. Closing it from the cost side means getting all-in cost down from $360 to $167 per square foot.
A modeled RESIDE grant of $10.0M moves that threshold to $459K a home. That is still above the $236K assumed, leaving $43.2M uncovered, which is why the grant does not unlock this one.
Nor do all four levers have to move. For 716 16th St, one alone would close the gap at:
Single-assumption flip points for 716 16th St, each holding the other three at their defaults.
| Average unit sizethe binding constraint — the least this building would need | 48% downto 387 sq ft |
|---|---|
| Conversion cost per square foot | 60% downto $103/sq ft |
| Completed value per home | 94% upto $459K |
All four are sliders in the survey, where 716 16th St re-scores against your own numbers.
How it compares in Greater Downtown Denver
716 16th St ranks 189th of the 214 buildings screened here, against a median score of 72.
Its floor plate is better lit than 6% of them, and shallower than 19% of them at its deepest interior point. On size it is the 108th 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 CBD and the D-C zone
65th of 75 in CBD, 67th of 72 zoned D-C — the comparison that shares its rules, rents and streets.
Denver places 75 of the screened buildings in CBD. 716 16th St ranks 65th of them against a median score of 71. 40 score 70 or more, their median deepest interior point is 56 ft from a facade against this building’s 64 ft, and together they would hold an estimated 33,698 homes. The group’s top scorer is 918 17th St, at 97.
72 of the screened buildings are zoned D-C. 716 16th St ranks 67th 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 64 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: 821 16th St
The screened building closest to 716 16th St in converted floor area is 821 16th St: 284,295 sq ft over 11 stories, against 274,943 sq ft over 10 here.
716 16th St scores 53 to its 61, and with the size held roughly equal most of that shortfall comes from daylight efficiency: 53 out of 100 here, 65 there (73% 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 600 ft apart.
Would it qualify for a RESIDE Act grant?
The model awards 716 16th 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 716 16th St
The 4 closest the screen also covers, from 140 ft away. They are the colored outlines on the plan at the top of this page.
- 707 15th St11 stories · 65% daylit · already an apartment buildingabout 140 ft away
- 800 16th St11 stories · 88% daylit · 154 estimated homes · scores 85/100 (Strong candidate)about 210 ft away
- 801 15th St19 stories · 92% daylit · 213 estimated homes · scores 94/100 (Strong candidate)about 250 ft away
- 1600 Stout St24 stories · 90% daylit · 241 estimated homes · scores 89/100 (Strong candidate)about 320 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.