It’s a hot and sunny September morning, and a handful of development professionals are roaming the parking lot at 799 Logan St. in Denver’s Cap Hill neighborhood, across the street from the Governor’s Mansion.

Gov. Jared Polis doesn’t live in the building. But he wants others to move in next door.

Colorado’s recently created Public-Private Partnership Collaboration Unit, known as the P3 office, is seeking proposals from developers to build income-restricted housing on the half-acre parking lot at the corner of Eighth Avenue and Logan Street.

“Gov. Polis has made, really, a decision that we need more housing. We need more housing now, and so that’s kind of what this office was created for — the P3 office,” said Tom Kurek, director of the unit.

The state’s request for qualifications, or

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