LoDo is where Denver began in 1858, and most of its brick buildings were never meant to hold what they hold today. Warehouses built for freight near Union Station and the rail yards now contain loft condos, open-plan offices, kitchens and late-night bars. Allstar Electrical Services has been wiring and maintaining buildings like these since 2000.
Working in a Landmark District
Denver City Council created the Lower Downtown Historic District by ordinance in 1988, and it still holds over a hundred contributing historic structures. Projects there go through architectural design review, and exterior alterations follow the district's rehabilitation guidelines. For electrical work that usually means planning where new service equipment, meters, exterior lighting and conduit runs will sit before anything is mounted on a historic facade.
We coordinate with the building owner, the architect and the City and County of Denver so the permit, the inspection and any Landmark Preservation review line up, instead of discovering a problem after the fixture is on the wall.
Loft Conversions and Condo Units
A converted warehouse rarely has tidy wiring. Owners tell us about circuits that cross unit lines, panels tucked behind later walls, and exposed brick or timber that leaves no easy chase for new cable. Common requests from LoDo residents include:
- Adding kitchen and laundry circuits during a unit remodel
- Replacing overloaded or obsolete subpanels in individual units
- Track, pendant and LED lighting designed around high ceilings and exposed beams
- Surge protection for home offices and audio-visual systems
- EV charging in shared garages, coordinated with the HOA and building management
Restaurants, Bars and Commercial Tenants
Lower Downtown has dozens of bars and restaurants packed around Coors Field, Union Station and Larimer Square. Kitchens bring heavy cooking loads, walk-in coolers and exhaust hoods, and a tenant build-out may need a service upgrade the building was never designed for. We handle commercial tenant finish wiring, lighting design for dining rooms and patios, emergency and exit lighting, and low-voltage work such as access control and CCTV.
For property managers, our facility maintenance contracts and infrared panel scanning help catch overheating connections in older switchgear before they cause a shutdown on a game night.
Nearby, we also serve the Ballpark Neighborhood, LoHi across the river and RiNo. See all of our Denver service areas.