Denver’s historic Livestock Exchange Building, built in 1916 and located within the future National Western Center (NWC), will be rehabbed to feature a mix of office and meeting spaces, with a focus on food and agriculture organizations, according NWC officials. The building is a key part of the local agricultural heritage and one of the few remaining structures that represents the administrative, financial, regulatory and social hub of the livestock trade for most of the 20th century.
The Denver-based partners—EXDO Development, Elevation Development Group, the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association and the nonprofit NWC—intend “to bring the building back to its rightful place at the forefront of the region’s food industry,” says NWC CEO Brad Buchanan. The new owners will apply for local landmark designation for the building. Although the Livestock Exchange Building will be privately owned in the middle of the largely publicly owned NWC campus, its main floors will be accessible to the public. Future tenants will be expected to complement the center’s event venues and educational and research spaces, he says.