DENVER, June 24, 2013 – Crescent Real Estate Holdings LLC recently dedicated a 1,200 square foot card-accessed bicycle facility to satisfy customer requests for an amenity to facilitate bicycling to work from the Denver Metro and Front Range area to Johns Manville Plaza and 707 17th Street office buildings in Denver City Center. Customers responded immediately with nearly 140 now registered to use the bicycle room that features small storage lockers, bike hanging racks and large bike lockers in which customers can lock bicycles during the workday.
The success of the bicycle room and growing awareness of the bicycle to work culture in Denver has Crescent management already considering adding additional bicycle storage space for Denver’s Bike to Work Day June 26th. “Within days of announcing our new bike room, we had 50 building customers registered and topped 100 registrations in a month,” said Ashton Steele, senior property manager of Johns Manville Plaza and 707 17th Street. “We have space for more customer bicycles in the bike room. However, for Bike to Work Day, we are adding some additional bicycle racks to handle a large one-day increase in bike traffic.” In 2012, Denver’s Bike to Work Day attracted 27,000 bike commuters.
The bike facility is another element of renovations underway at the Denver City Center location. Crescent is working to add new retail space, renovating lobby entrances and upgrading one of the larger downtown outdoor plazas that connects Johns Manville Plaza and 707 17th Street. The plaza will feature more open space, enhanced lighting and additional seating for customers to enjoy outdoor dining and entertainment. Crescent expects to complete the outdoor plaza renovations and add significant retail options during the summer.
“Enjoying the outdoors is a major part of Denver’s culture, whether dining, entertaining, running, hiking or biking,” said Steele who enjoys his 36-mile roundtrip bicycle commute using Denver’s bicycling trails and bike lanes.
ABOUT JOHNS MANVILLE PLAZA
Johns Manville Plaza is a 29-story, 675,400 square-foot Class A office building located in downtown’s newly-termed Denver City Center which is also home to the 707 17th Street building, the Marriott Denver City Center and a common area plaza with outdoor seating. Significant renovations to Denver City Center are underway and projected to be complete in phases throughout mid-2013.
ABOUT 707 17th STREET
707 17th Street is a 42-story building with the Marriott Denver City Center on the first 20 floors and 550,000 square feet of Class A office space on the upper 22 floors. The property is located in downtown’s newly-termed Denver City Center which is also home to Johns Manville Plaza and a common area plaza with outdoor seating. Significant renovations to Denver City Center are underway and projected to be complete in phases throughout mid-2013.
ABOUT CRESCENT
Crescent Real Estate Holdings LLC, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, is a fully-integrated real estate company owned by Barclays Capital and Goff Capital. Through its subsidiaries, Crescent owns or manages a portfolio of 25 premier office buildings totaling over 9.2 million square feet located in select markets across the United States with major concentrations in Fort Worth, Dallas, Houston, Denver and Las Vegas. Crescent also holds investments in resort residential developments in locations such as Scottsdale, Vail Valley, and Lake Tahoe; a luxury hotel, The Ritz-Carlton, Dallas; and the wellness lifestyle leader, Canyon Ranch®. For more information, visit Crescent’s Web site at www.crescent.com.
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