World Trade Center of Denver Set To Re-adapt Existing Building for Large Complex

The World Trade Center of Denver has announced plans to open its new headquarters in a sprawling 41-acre site on the north side of the city’s downtown area.

The organization, which has long been planning to move from its current location, will now be a part of what is known as the Fox Park in the Globeville neighborhood of Denver near the intersection of Interstates 25 and 70.

What will be called the World Trade Center Denver Complex will measure some 600,000 square feet and will include office and meeting space, as well as a theater, restaurants, fitness center, and even art galleries.

Currently located at 2650 East 40th Avenue, the World Trade Center had been thought to be interested in moving to a campus based in the city’s River North Art District.

But delays related to the pandemic and the size of the project prompted the organization to search for a site elsewhere.

Fox Park is an innovative mixed-use development set to include office and residential space, with a first phase also seeing the creation of around 14 acres of open space and parks.

As planned, the new World Trade Center facility will be the result of an adaptive reuse of an existing 32,000 square foot industrial building.

In an interview with the Denver Business Journal, Karen Gerwitz, chief executive officer of the World Trade Center Denver, remarked: “You look around the world at different World Trade Centers, and you see that there are huge multi-use complexes. Denver is ready for something like this, where we can really claim our spot as a global city.”

Work on the new World Trade Center Denver facility is expected to begin in the latter part of this year, with a general completion date of 2022.

Regarded as a new gateway to the city and region, the Fox Park will also include a children’s day care center, dog park, and waterfall.

The building that the World Trade Center Denver is updating at the park formerly housed the printing press for the Denver Post.

By Garry Boulard

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