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Tramway PUD clears committee after lengthy debate over 4-story affordable housing, conservation and parking

Community Planning and Housing Committee, Denver (Consolidated County and City) · January 13, 2026
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Summary

The committee forwarded a PUD rezoning for the Tramway Nonprofit Center that pairs conservation of the Tramway building with a proposed 4-story, 63-unit affordable housing project on the vacant pad. Neighbors and ULC debated height, density, parking and mediation outcomes; the committee moved the PUD to the council floor.

Community Planning and Development presented a custom Planned Unit Development for the Tramway Nonprofit Center site in the Cole neighborhood that would conserve the historic Tramway building (subarea A), allow a 4-story affordable housing building of 63 units on the vacant portion (subarea B) and permit surface parking (subarea C). CPD staff said the PUD would bring parcels currently in a former Chapter 59 code into the Denver Zoning Code and that the application was accompanied by an affordable housing plan and low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) awards for the proposed units.

Andrea Burns of the Urban Land Conservancy…

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