Posted Dec 14, 2020, 6:10 PM
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Populus - 14th and Court Hotel/Apartments
Per the Denver Business Journal:
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The 13-story, mixed-use building that's being planned on a triangular lot across from Civic Center Park won't look anything like the rest of the historic buildings that surround the park. And that's intentional.
The latest renderings of the project at 14th Street and Court Place, provided to Denver Business Journal by the project's developer, Urban Villages, show distinctive windows that are meant to evoke the growth patterns of aspen trees.
The name of the project — Populus — refers specifically to the aspen tree's scientific classification, Populus tremuloides. But it's also a nod to another word, "populous," that speaks to the developer's ambitions of creating a bustling gathering place for both out-of-town visitors and Denver residents.
The 145,000-square-foot building will feature a 250-key hotel, 40 micro-apartments, a public rooftop bar and view deck, event spaces and a ground-level lobby with food and beverage options from breakfast to late night.
To design the project, Urban Villages enlisted Chicago-based Studio Gang, a firm led by renowned architect Jeanne Gang. In 2019, Gang was the only architect named to Time Magazine's list of 100 most influential people.....
.....Gang said she was drawn to the natural aspects of the surrounding area when designing the building, leading her to take cues from the geometry of the aspen tree. The downtown site also offered a chance to leave her mark on a city and state that she's been visiting since she was a child.
"It has a prominence to it," Gang said of the site. "I couldn't ask for a better way to have an entry into Denver. It's a city that I've been going to for a very long time, but I've never had the chance to build anything there."
From its triangular shape to its lack of on-site parking to the size of its rooms, Populus will be a departure from typical hotels in the area.
The micro-apartments will range from 300 to 400 square feet on average, while the hotel rooms will average less than 200 square feet.
"They are very small, but they're very comfortable," Buerge said. "The idea is our hotel guests are not there to spend a lot of time in their room."
Instead, Urban Villages hopes to direct guests to the downstairs food and beverage offerings, the rooftop deck or the nearby park. Urban Villages has been working closely with the Civic Center Conservancy to discuss ways to draw more visitors to the park......
......The project is currently in the building permit process. Construction is expected to begin later in 2021 and wrap up in 2023.
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