Sage Hospitality’s newest independent hotel in Denver finally has a name: The Maven.
The 172-room boutique hotel set to open next spring in Lower Downtown will anchor the corner of 19th and Wazee streets as part of a much-anticipated redevelopment of the historic Windsor Dairy block.
“It’s going to be a great addition to the LoDo neighborhood,” Sage CEO Walter Isenberg said. “It’s really intended to make people that are staying there feel that they’re staying in a loft in LoDo. It’s got a really great residential feel.”
In addition to the seven-story hotel, the Dairy Block development will feature a six-story, 250,000-square-foot office building, 60,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space and a 394-stall below-grade parking garage — all integrated with the three historic buildings on the block.
Project officials gathered near the construction site Wednesday to celebrate topping off the development, which spans the block bounded by Blake, Wazee, 18th and 19th streets. The project is a partnership of McWhinney, Grand American and Sage.
The Maven will be Denver-based Sage’s fourth independent hotel in the Mile High City, joining The Crawford Hotel at Union Station, the historic Oxford Hotel and the Halcyon opening in Cherry Creek North this summer.
Denver-based Johnson Nathan Strohe, the design firm that did the interiors of the Crawford, is also designing The Maven’s loft-style guest rooms.
The Maven’s lobby, designed by Brooklyn-based Crème/Jun Aizaki Architecture and Design, will be connected to what developers are calling the “soul” of Dairy Block: a retail, restaurant and art-filled alley. A 2,300-square-foot ballroom will feature a stage and garage doors that open directly onto the privately owned alley for concerts and other events.
“If you look around at a lot of great cities, particularly more so in Europe than in the U.S., alleys are being activated. This was an opportunity for us to bring something new that’s happening all over the world but something new to Denver,” Isenberg said. “It’s going to be a real attraction for both locals and visitors.”
As for the rest of the development, Dairy Block’s office component is expected to open in January, McWhinney CEO Chad McWhinney said.
Industrial real estate firm Prologis announced last year it would move its operations headquarters to the top two floors of the new office building. McWhinney also plans to become a tenant, with additional tenants to be announced in the coming months.
“We’re very excited to celebrate this milestone in the redevelopment of Denver’s historic Dairy Block,” McWhinney said. “Downtown Denver is booming, and we’re thrilled to be creating a new experience and destination for people coming to LoDo.”
