240 St. Paul

Architect: Open Studio Architecture, Denver, Colorado

Developer: BMC Investments, Denver, Colorado

Contractor: Holder Construction Company, Denver, Colorado

The 240 St. Paul office joins CKC’s 210 and 255 St. Paul in Denver, Colorado. The project is a six-story office with two below grade parking levels and a mechanical stacker system. The building includes 186 parking spaces, retail, offices, a garden level, and rooftop deck. The project will feature an upscale fitness facility that will compliment the vibrant Inn at Cherry Creek neighborhood. Total gross area of the project is approximately 135,000 square feet.

The office structure is cast-in-place concrete with post-tensioned slabs. A wide shallow beam system was used to reduce interior columns and maximize floor-to ceiling height. A two-way flat plate was used in some areas to eliminate all beams. The lateral system consists of a slab-column frame that eliminated the need for shear walls and distributed the overturning forces throughout the foundation. This created significant cost savings in the foundation and structural frame, and accelerated the construction schedule.