The 12-story, 220-room hotel proposed by T2 Development for the corner of 16th and Market in Lower Downtown Denver will be back for another round of review with the Lower Downtown Design Review Board on June 2. As you may know, the city requires an extensive architectural design approval process for LoDo to ensure that new structures are compatible in various ways with the district’s historic buildings and context.

This rendering, prepared by project architect DLR Group and obtained from the developer’s June 2 submittal package to the LDDRB, shows the latest version of the building’s design:

1600 Market Hotel conceptual rendering, courtesy of DLR Group.

According to the staff report for the June 2 review, there are still some issues that need to be resolved with this project’s mass and scale, specifically the floor-to-floor heights on the upper levels, the corner massing, and the appearance of height/contextual relationship to the nearby historic structures. However, design approval is an iterative process, so expect to see this design continue to evolve in the coming months.

Once the project is approved for mass and scale, they will move on to final design approval, where issues like facade materials, color, windows, and other architectural details will be considered.