Inside Real Estate News » Modular construction http://insiderealestatenews.com Colorado's Real Estate News Source Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:51:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Hickenlooper praises green construction at convent http://insiderealestatenews.com/2009/08/hickenlooper-praises-green-construction-at-convent/ http://insiderealestatenews.com/2009/08/hickenlooper-praises-green-construction-at-convent/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:26:42 +0000 John Rebchook http://insiderealestatenews.com/?p=596 Architect Michelle Kaufmann and Mayor Hickenlooper chat about the green development she designed at the Marycrest Convent campus in northwest Denver.

Architect Michelle Kaufmann and Mayor Hickenlooper chat about the green development she designed at the Marycrest Convent campus in northwest Denver.

Mayor John Hickenlooper took a quick trip today to visit the green and modular construction underway at the Marycrest Convent Campus being developed by Urban Ventures, headed by Susan Powers.

“Isn’t cool,” Hickenlooper said, as he walked across a field to meet with Michelle Kaufmann, the nationally-known architect who designed the units. It is the biggest single project of her career. She wants to do more of these, because that will have a bigger impact on the environment and society, than the previous 41, single infill buildings she has designed to date, she told me.

After Hickenlooper chatted with Kaufmann, I asked him to elaborate.

“Denver wants to be the kind of place that brings a lot of innovative ideas,” Hickenlooper said. “What could be more innovative that to build a totally green, pre-fab, multiple- unit community on the site of a convent? This is going to be a great development. I think it brings to Denver just the kind of development that we want to be known for.”

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