Commercial Paintersin Arvada, CO

Historic core, commuter rail and suburban retail

Arvada covers ground in both Jefferson and Adams counties, and its commercial property falls into three rough eras. Olde Town, around Grandview Avenue and Olde Wadsworth, has brick buildings from the town's early decades. The long Wadsworth Boulevard and Ralston Road corridors carry strip centers and pad buildings from the postwar suburban build-out. And since the G Line commuter rail opened, new apartment and mixed-use buildings have gone up near its stations.

Commercial painting in Arvada, CO means switching between those eras on the same week: breathable coatings and careful hand work on old masonry, then sealant and stucco repairs on a fifty-year-old shopping center, then a punch list on a new building that has barely been occupied.

Brick, trim and storefronts in Olde Town

Olde Town Arvada is a busy small downtown, with restaurants, shops and events that fill the streets on weekends. Its older buildings have soft brick, wood trim and windows, decorative cornices and layers of paint that have built up over generations. Hand scraping, careful repointing where mortar has washed out, and vapor-permeable masonry coatings keep these walls sound instead of trapping water behind a hard film.

Newer apartments near the G Line

The G Line runs from Union Station through Arvada stations including Olde Town and Arvada Ridge, and apartment buildings have followed it. Many are wood-frame over a concrete podium, clad in fiber cement, stucco and metal panel. Their first repaint usually comes due once the builder's coating starts to chalk and fade on the south and west faces, and the scope covers exterior elevations, breezeways, stair towers and amenity spaces.

Residents stay home through all of it, so the plan includes notices, window and balcony schedules, and a clear path to every entrance. Our page on painting occupied apartment and office interiors describes how common areas are phased.

Repositioning retail on Wadsworth and Ralston

Many of the shopping centers on Wadsworth and Ralston date from the 1960s to the 1980s and have seen several rounds of tenants. Owners repaint them when a new anchor signs, when vacancies need filling, or when the center simply looks dated next to newer competition. These jobs usually combine fascia and canopy repainting, stucco and EIFS repair, steel column and handrail work, and a new color scheme that makes the center read as one property.

When the plan spans several budget years, it becomes a scheduled repaint program instead of a one-off project.

Theaters, galleries and city buildings

Arvada also has public and cultural buildings with very particular schedules. The Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities runs performances, classes and exhibitions on a published calendar, and city facilities, libraries and recreation centers stay open to the public most days. Work in buildings like these is fitted into dark nights, closures and off-hours, with low-odor products in any room people will use the next morning.

If you have a building in Arvada, tell us about the property and we'll set up a site walk. We work across the line in Westminster as well.