Back in December 2014, we announced that Denver-based Focus Property Group is planning to build a 12-story, 233-room Hilton Garden Inn on their property at 20th Street and Chestnut Place. Since then, Focus Property Group has been working diligently on finalizing the project and lining up financing.

On January 17, 2017, CBRE Hotels provided DenverInfill with a press release stating they arranged a $69.0 million loan for the project. We also received confirmation from Focus Property Group that the Hilton Garden Inn will break ground on Monday, January 23, 2017. This is great news!

First, let’s start out with a few new high-resolution renderings of the project, designed by Johnson Nathan Strohe (formally known as JG Johnson Architects). A huge thank you to Josh Fine of Focus Property Group for providing these to DenverInfill. The hotel is configured in an “L” shape, encompassing the historic Hose Company No. 1 building. There are two sections to the main hotel building: a 12-story section featuring a dark facade, and a 10-story section featuring an all glass facade.

Here are three street-level views of the project highlighting the historic structure. The Hose Company No. 1 building will be converted to a restaurant. While being connected to the hotel, the restaurant will have its own identity, branding, and entrance from the street. The interior will have a distinct historic feel and will be different than the interior of the hotel.

With groundbreaking on the horizon, the existing storage building has been mostly demolished except for a small two story portion which is currently being used for construction offices. Below are two aerials of the project site highlighting exactly where the Hilton Garden Inn will go up, occupying roughly a third of the block.

As we mentioned in our announcement post, Focus Property Group owns the entire block except for the Xcel Energy electric substation and a few slivers of right-of-way owned by the city near the railroad tracks. They will ultimately build three projects on the block, all facing Chestnut Place. Currently, there are no plans for the rest of the block.

Lastly, here are three ground-level photos of the project site along with an up close shot of the historic Hose Company No. 1 building.

Once this project breaks ground, excavation for the two underground levels of parking will commence. The total build time is expected to be 23.5 months making completion around early 2019.