Denver - Elyria Swansea

Is Elyria Swansea a Good Place to Live:

 

Location and Getting Around: Roughly bordered by 40th to the south, 54th to the north, Platte River to the west, and Hwy 2 (Colorado Blvd) to the east. I-70 splits the north and south half of the neighborhood. Vasquez and Brighton Blvd are two main north-south corridors. Easy access to I-70 and I-25. 40th and Colorado light rail station on southeast side of neighborhood.

Housing Options: 48 residences sold in 2021. 38 of them were houses. Affordable housing duplexes built in last few years mixed with a wide range of single family houses - late 1800s to early 1950s, 500SF to 3K+ SF, etc.

Shopping and Entertainment: Listings promote proximity to downtown Denver, City Park, Shops at Northfield, Central Park, Coors Field, RiNo, National Western Center, Denver Zoo, Denver Rock Drill, Mission Ballroom music venue and marketplace, retail shops, restaurants and medical clinic coming to 48th and Race St, 41-acre Fox Park mixed use development, Brighton Blvd, and even Cherry Creek Shopping District.

Parks and Rec: The big news in the neighborhood is the $1.2B Central I-70 Project, a 10-mile redevelopment of a major thoroughfare that includes a stretch going underground and allowing a 4 acre park with trees, amphitheater, splash park, play areas, etc. to be build on top, adjacent to Swansea Elementary School and better connecting the northern and southern portion of Elyria Swansea neighborhood. Dunham Park. Swansea Park and Recreation Center. Swansea Neighborhood Park. 39th Ave Walkway / Greenway.

Land Use: Residential properties. Newer affordable housing units. Large industrial warehouse presence. I-70 splits the neighborhood. Railroad tracks and light rail to the airport and downtown. Brighton Blvd is a trendy street name experiencing significant redevelopment on the southwest side of the neighborhood and in somewhat of an overlapping neighborhood known as River North Arts District or RiNo.

Interested in More Information: Talk with someone that has researched metro Denver ad nauseam - market stats, newspapers, city planning documents, zoning possibilities, upside potential, concerns, schools, crime, new developments, neighborhood websites, one area vs another, etc. Chat with Matt - send me a text at 303-524-2086 and we’ll schedule a time to talk. Or, if it’s easier, send an email to MatthewJamesLong@GMail.com.