Affordable Housing Project Proposed at 40th Avenue and York Street on RTD-Owned Land
Concept Plans Sourced from 40th & York Application. Animation by Developing Denver.
DENVER, CO – A new affordable housing project has entered Denver’s planning system for a vacant RTD-owned site at the southeast corner of East 40th Avenue and York Street.
The proposal outlines a four-story residential building with approximately 135 income-restricted housing units. The project would total roughly 141,000 square feet and include 121 on-site parking spaces within a single new structure.
The site is currently zoned I-B, an industrial district that does not allow residential uses. To move forward, the applicant is requesting a rezone to I-MX-3, which would permit a mix of industrial and residential uses at greater density.
According to the application, the project would be built on currently vacant parcels with no existing structures on site. The land is owned by the Regional Transportation District, and the development would be located adjacent to existing transit infrastructure.
While the project is not classified as emergency housing under the mayor’s homelessness and housing insecurity order, it is proposed as 100 percent income-restricted housing, adding long-term affordable units in a transit-adjacent location.
The concept plan is currently listed as “intake in progress,” marking the earliest phase of Denver’s entitlement process. The proposal will require additional design review, zoning approvals, and public input before any construction can begin.
Design Team
Concept plan materials for the proposed affordable housing project at East 40th Avenue and York Street identify KTGY as the project architect. Civil engineering and infrastructure coordination are being handled by Kimley-Horn, which prepared a sanitary sewer feasibility study for the site as part of the early review process.
The project is being submitted by RH Group. The property is owned by the Regional Transportation District (RTD), which controls the vacant parcels included in the proposal.
Additional consultants, including landscape architecture, traffic engineering, and general contracting, have not yet been identified publicly and are expected to be disclosed as the project advances through Denver’s entitlement and design review process.
All project information was sourced from publicly available site plans, renderings, and permitting documents.
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All project information was sourced from publicly available site plans, renderings, and permitting documents.
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