{"id":6174,"date":"2016-02-03T21:41:54","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T04:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=6174"},"modified":"2016-02-03T21:41:54","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T04:41:54","slug":"punch-bowl-social-to-acquire-control-tower-land-and-begin-long-construction-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=6174","title":{"rendered":"Punch Bowl Social to Acquire Control Tower Land and Begin LONG Construction Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"DENVER,<\/a> DENVER, CO – MARCH 9: A plan is announced to restore the air traffic control tower in Stapleton and turn it in to a second location for the Denver-based Punch Bowl Social. It will also serve as the company’s corporate headquarters. The tower is located at the intersection of Central Park Blvd. and Martin Luther King Blvd. (Photo by Kathryn Scott Osler\/The Denver Post)[\/caption]By April, it appears Punch Bowl Social<\/a> will have the deed to the 2.2 acres of land around the control tower and will be able to begin construction on the cool new fun and eatery\u2122. The project won\u2019t be easy, according to Project Manager Randy Gibbons. \u201cThere are so many things that need to be addressed,\u201d said Gibbons. \u201cThere are structural issues, electrical issues, design issues, etc., etc. Plus, it\u2019s not like we simply need to upgrade things. We are repurposing the facility. It was a place to direct planes, now it needs to be a place that sells food. It\u2019s a monster of a project.\u201d\n\nGibbons guesses it could be years before the new establishment would be ready to open. \u201cIf I was to be aggressive, I would say we could open in five years,\u201d said Gibbons. \u201cThat\u2019s including inspection and everything. Five years seems doable.\u201d Luckily for the Punch Bowl Social team, Stapleton residents have grown accustomed to waiting<\/a>. \u201cWe will have waited almost ten years for the Eastbridge Town Center,\u201d said resident Jenny Stagemeyer. \u201cSo, five years doesn\u2019t seem so bad.\u201d \u201cI\u2019m always just happy to see some progress<\/a>,\u201d remarked Chris Raikin. \u201cAs long as I see some building, and some workers go in and out of there, I\u2019m totally fine with it.\nResidents can afford to be more patient with the opening of the town center, the light rail, and the Stanley Project. \u201cIt\u2019s not like we will be sitting around twiddling our thumbs watching the project go up,\u201d said Raiklin. \u201cThere will be plenty of new places to eat, as there are existing ones. But, yeah, it\u2019s exciting.\u201d Project Manager Gibbons says he looks forward to his biggest challenge ever in the construction industry. \u201cI believe there is going to be a documentary on the project, as well there should be,\u201d said Gibbons. \u201cIt is going to be quite the transformation.\u201d\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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