If a developer’s plans for Block 131 stay on schedule, the old Burger King-turned-Asian-restaurant at the corner of 15th and Stout could be history by this Fall.

Ranko Mocevic, president of Hotel Gold Crown Champa LLC, plans to replace the old Burger King building with a 17-story hotel/condominium tower. Hotel Gold Crown Champa LLC recently closed on the 100’ x 125’ parcel at 15th and Stout. They previously had planned to develop the property with the same dimensions across the alley at 15th and Champa where Tarantula Billiards and a small parking lot are located. Mocevic originally planned to construct the tower at the 15th and Champa corner but decided to move forward with the 15th and Stout site instead as that site provides the opportunity to begin construction sooner. Here’s a closeup of that block:

The proposed 17-story tower would include lobby, restaurant, and other hotel functions on the first and second floors, 264 hotel rooms on Floors 3 through 14, and twelve condominium units (4 per floor) on Floors 15 through 17. Two underground parking levels are also planned. Here are some renderings of the proposed tower, courtesy of OZ Architecture LoDo. (Please note: these renderings were prepared when the tower was originally proposed for 15th and Champa. The tower at 15th and Stout would be a mirror image of the building depicted in these images.)

The colored roof panels serve as a mechanical screen as well as an architectural design element. The developer is planning to seek authorization from the city to allow those panels to be illuminated with slowly-changing colored lights to add interest to the Downtown skyline.

Hotel Gold Crown Champa LLC will be both the developer and hotel operator. The builder is Alfa Design & Construction Inc. and, as mentioned above, OZ Architects LoDo is doing the design.

The developer’s timeline has the project receiving a foundation permit from the city later this summer and completing the tower in 2010.