As Colorado continues to grapple with a shortage of healthcare workers, West Holden Place—Denver’s largest high-density modular construction housing project—targets the area’s housing crisis with an innovative, affordable approach that offers more affordable housing for these much-needed healthcare workers. 

Nashua Builders enabled Adam Berger Development, the City and County of Denver, Colorado Department of Housing (CDOH), and Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA) to open the mixed-income multi-family project much sooner than would have been possible with conventional construction—and at lower cost.

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• Budget certainty. “We think it's somewhere between 20%-25% in cost savings,” says Adam Berger, Founder of Adam Berger Development. “Dealing with a factory, a production line, that's more efficient. You can control variabilities. You don't have rain or snow, and you've got a committed workforce building for you.” 

• Schedule acceleration. “We can build 40% faster,” notes Construction Manager Eric Farrington of Farrington Construction Management. “I’ve been building apartments in Colorado for twenty years, and modular is the most exciting thing to happen to this market.”

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West Holden Place was the site where Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed the Regional Building Codes for Factory-Built Structures bill into law. It removed regulatory redundancies, allowing for faster, more efficient construction of modular multifamily housing to meet the state’s growing demand for affordable housing. 

The six-story, 77-unit multifamily development offers attainable rental housing for households earning 80–120% AMI and features 1- and 2-bedroom units ranging from 500–1,000 square feet. By capitalizing on offsite construction, FCM was able to quickly build a high density development like West Holden Place, resulting in energy-efficient, modern, and affordable residences.