A new dual-brand hotel tower is proposed for the corner of 13th and Glenarm in Upper Downtown Denver.
In late January 2019, Hawkeye Hotels, a national hotel manager and developer headquartered out of Iowa, purchased the 0.50-acre parcel at the eastern corner of 13th Street and Glenarm Place with plans to develop it as a dual-branded Fairfield Inn and TownePlace Suites, both part of the Marriott International portfolio of hotel brands.
The development site is outlined on the Google Earth aerial image below:
According to Hawkeye Hotels, the proposed hotel structure will rise 12 stories and have 187 rooms for Fairfield Inn and 132 room for TownePlace Suites, for a total of 319 rooms. A Project Concept Review Plan, the first step in the development approval process, was filed with the city and is currently under review.
The site is currently a surface parking lot, one of many in this underutilized part of Downtown Denver. However, due to the success of the Colorado Convention Center, several new hotels have been built recently nearby, including the 21-story Hyatt Place/Hyatt House completed two years ago on the same block. That tower’s blank wall facing its side property line, as seen in the image below, will be mostly hidden from view by Hawkeye’s proposed Fairfield Inn/TownePlace Suites development. Below are a couple of photos of the project site.
1.) From mid-block on Glenarm Place looking south toward Tremont Place; 2.) From 13th and Glenarm looking northeast toward 14th Street.
More details about this project will become available as it moves through the development review process with the city.
DENVER NEEDS BETTER ARCHITECTS
for better designs of downtown denver future
development.
Taller buildings to cover the ugly blank walls on other buildings
This one particularly 12 stories how about 45 story building
Hope a smart developer comes and build s a tall office building on the corner of 15th and California to cover the blank wall
I agree with you 100%! We need taller buildings and better architects. I really hope to soon see another 1000ft building proposal, like 650 17th (This time, one that will actually get built).
Do you really think the result of these buildings is due to architecture talent? Do you really think everyone working on downtown hotels went to school for four-plus years because they wanted to design the next Fairfield Inn in a midsized urban market? Or is more likely they’re working under extreme constraints placed upon them by out-of-state developers—with no stake in the lasting function and aesthetics in Denver’s downtown composition—reaping beaucoup tax incentives from laissez-faire regulatory commissions, and maximizing ROI?
For all you know, every individual on that design team could be the next IM Pei.
How about some punctuation?
What are the chances this project will put a 9-story crown on top to hide all of the Hyatt’s god awful blank wall? Mostly kidding. But seriously, that massive blank white wall is horrible.
I’m hoping for at least an interesting design and not just some cookie cutter suburban looking hotel. Downtown Denver deserves better. And taller.
I wonder how Denver compares to other Cities in terms of hotel mix. Seems we are getting SO MANY select service rooms – one would think that particular market segment is saturated and we need more full service or boutique(y) product. Not expecting anything extraordinary architecture wise – this is a utilitarian market segment and the architecture will likely reflect that, which serves a purpose but is a bit less than exciting.
Only 12 storeys? C’mon…
And what a shame that they aren’t snapping up more of the surface parking in that block. It’d be great if they could build upon everything on 13th St between Glenarm and Tremont. That’s a lot of poorly-utilized space that would be great for bigtime development, especially considering the part of town it’s in.
This is great news! I am a member of the DAC across the street and I often look across the street thinking how very sad that lot is. The historic Denver Press Room right next to it will get a huge boost in aesthetic appeal. The whole block’s look will be vastly improved!