Denver officials give initial OK to doubling Dr. Foster building height on the 16th Street Mall

Developers can continue with their plans to stack six stories on a more than 100-year-old building along the 16th Street Mall and create a nearby two-story hotel where a popcorn store and pot shop currently sit.

A project proposed for 910 16th St. (City and County of Denver)

Developers plan to erase giant pencil, stack six stories on historic building along Denver’s 16th Street Mall

Developers are looking to stack six stories on a more than 100-year-old building along the 16th Street Mall and create a nearby two-story hotel where a popcorn store and pot shop currently sit.

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Wheels Go Round by Kate Davis Studio (Larry Laszlo/CoMedia)

Downtown Denver is bringing back art aimed at making 16th Street Mall ‘authentic, self-sustaining’

Artists can submit applications to the Downtown Denver Partnership until 10 a.m. May 15.

A man plays a painted piano on the 16th Street Mall. (Andrew Kenney/Denverite)

Now’s your chance to paint a 16th Street Mall piano – but you’ll have to be quick

A rendering of the Sephora store slated to open on the 16th Street Mall. (Courtesy of the Denver Pavilions)

Sephora latest store to be added to 16th Street Mall makeup

The Paris-based cosmetics company is expected to lease a spot next to Maggiano's Little Italy restaurant on the ground floor of the Denver Pavilions.

Rendering of a new Target store on the 16th Street Mall. (Courtesy of the city of Denver)

Bringing Target to downtown Denver would cost $4 million in incentives

That's more than three times Denver's annual budget for business incentives, but city officials believe it's worth it.

RTD commissioned new MallRide buses. (Chloe Aiello/Denverite)

Denver and RTD get serious about changes to the 16th Street Mall

Survey says downtown Denver employees prefer transit passes to parking spaces. Reality paints a different picture.

Downtown Denver’s nearly 124,000 employees are taking transit at almost the same rate that they're driving alone, according to The 2016 Downtown Denver Commuter Survey.