Downtown Littleton (They call it ‘LiDo’) lures a new loft project
If you haven’t walked Main Street in downtown Littleton during the past two years, you’re in for a surprise. All of the things that people imagined when Light Rail arrived here have actually happened—a street front like a Hollywood set that has cafes, galleries, taverns…and a venture of condo flats that could have you living here.
Jan Emmert (left) and Michelle Donahue enjoy Littleton’s Main Street scene in front of their information center for Nevada Place.
Developers Jonathan and Debbie Miller (they’ve done some of Denver’s most creative “new urban” projects) are launching Nevada Place, 68 flats with a building site a block north of Main…and a new pre-sale information center that’s in the corner storefront on Main and Nevada, beside Lido Wine Merchants and a new gallery.
Within a block are venerable Abe’s Café (40 years of sandwiches), the old city hall (now a theater), 5-star rated Opus fine dining, JaJa Bistro, a couple of spas, Pinon Fine Art, Iris Gallery and a half dozen other galleries and antique shops. Two blocks west is Melting Pot in the old Carnegie library; and two blocks east, the train into Denver.
This isn’t LoDo. ”It’s ‘LiDo,’ Littleton downtown,” says Michelle Donahue with Classic New Home Sales, agents for Nevada Place. “People have been waiting for this project, some ever since it first hit the planning commission.”
The sales center was once the First National Bank; and as we chatted, Jayne Barth walked in to invite us next door to watch her cut the ribbon for her new wine bar, “Kate’s”…with a Sinatra soundtrack and vintages that are stored in the bank’s old vault under the shops.
Nevada Place is banking on bright plans that have top-rated finishes, secured parking, and big outdoor spaces (some patios are 40 feet long; decks are dining-sized and plumbed for gas grills) to lure buyers. Right now you can pick from a wide range of 2-bedroom plans, along with a 1-bedroom-plus-den ($329,900)…and a few luxury units sized 1,700 or 1,800 feet. The storefront’s at 2509 W. Main; take Main west into downtown (or Alamo east) to Nevada.
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