Pagliacci’s scraped space makes way for mixed-use development

The 33rd Avenue and Navajo Street piece of land that used to house Pagliacci’s, a longtime Denver eatery, will be redeveloped as Lumina, a 70,000-square-foot mixed-use development in the Lower Highlands neighborhood, according to a story in The Denver Business Journal.

The first occupants will take up residence on March 1.

Lumina, a 70,000-square-foot mixed-use development in Denver’s Lower Highlands neighborhood, will get its first occupants March 1 on a site well-known to longtime Denverites.

The site used to be home to Pagliacci’s, which closed in 2012 after 66 years in business. The building was sold and torn down to make way for the Lumina project.

“Lumina includes 6,000 square feet of retail space and 61 apartments that range in size from 550 to 1,250 square feet,” The Business Journal story said. “Base Coat Nail Salon and There Bar, both Colorado-owned businesses, will open in the retail space, with a third tenant being considered.

“The project was built by Treehouse Brokerage & Development and Cavaliere Enterprises, both based in Denver.

“The namesake Pagliacci’s sign has been converted into a garden box inside the lobby of the Lumina project, according to Denver’based Tres Birds Workshop, the architect on the project. Lumina also reuses neon lights that used to hang at Pagliacci’s.”