FAQs

Populus is set to open its doors Fall 2024

240 14th Street, Denver, CO. 80202

Denver International Airport is conveniently 40 minutes away from the hotel by car or rideshare service.

Check-in is 4 PM and check-out is 11 AM.

We offer early check-in on a first-come basis, depending on room occupancy. While we can’t guarantee it, we’ll do our best. Give us a call to check on availability.

We’ll store your luggage for no extra charge, before check-in or after check-out.

Please contact the hotel to see about changes. If it’s less than 72 hours before your arrival, a change may not be possible.

Parking is not available onsite. However, the hotel only offers Valet Parking – $59 + tax (per each night of stay). Valet parking is available within and out access available 24 hours a day.

Unfortunately, room service is not available.

Dogs are welcome at the hotel. A $75.00 fee is required at check-in to allow us to thoroughly clean and sanitize the room after your departure. No more than two dogs are allowed per guest room. Additional Info here.

Yes! Our state-of-the-art fitness center is open 24 hours a day.

Complimentary WIFI is available in all guestrooms and public spaces.

Hairdryer, Grown Alchemist bath amenities, bathrobe, Smart TVs featuring the latest streaming services are in each room. Additional Info here.

Mini fridges are in the room. Unfortunately, there are no microwaves in the room.

Yes! Populus would love to host your next events. Please reach out to our sales teams at Sales at Populus.

Populus’ developer, Urban Villages, defines carbon positive as a
commitment to sequester more carbon in biomass and soil than the
combined embodied and operational footprints of the building throughout
its entire lifecycle.

Populus’s embodied carbon – the carbon emitted during the creation,
transportation, installation, maintenance, and disposal of the materials used
to build the hotel – is being reduced through a combination of sustainable
design and construction techniques, then offset through robust ecological
sequestration efforts offsite.

Architecture & Construction Features

• Populus’ architecture by Studio Gang is not only stunning but increases the building’s energy efficiency. The distinctive “Aspeneye” windows have “lids” over each window extending slightly outward to shade the interior of the building and improve energy performance in Denver’s varied climate. These “lids” also neatly channel rainwater to keep the façade of Populus looking clean and bright.

• Populus was built using an innovative ECOPact™ low-carbon concrete mix by Holcim, which offers a minimum of 30% lower CO2 emissions compared to standard concrete.

• Populus is intentionally built without any onsite parking – downtown Denver’s first new-build hotel without it – as parking garages are constructed of carbon-heavy steel and reinforced concrete. Located at the site of Colorado’s first gas station, Populus will radically shift the narrative of this busy intersection and encourage use of nearby public transit and walking.

• Further design elements that improve environmental performance include a continuously insulated façade system that features a GFRC (glass fiber reinforced concreate) rainscreen (creating a thermal barrier which heats up the building in the winter and cools it down in the summer), mechanical systems that employ heat recovery, and guest rooms designed with intentional furniture and finishes.

• Populus was designed with longevity in mind, employing highly durable materials that anticipate continuous use and get better with age. This includes Carnegie Xorel wallcovering and fabric panels, a durable material with high recycled content; reclaimed wood; natural, abrasion-resistant wool fabrics, and raw steel, stainless steel, copper, and brass which patinas beautifully over time.

To offset the equivalent of the hotel’s embodied carbon, Urban Villages planted over 70,000 trees in Gunnison County, Colorado (over 172 acres) in partnership with One Tree Planted vis-a-vis the United States Forest Service in summer 2022.

• While the initial planting efforts offset the equivalent of the core and shell carbon footprint of Populus over the lifecycle of the trees, Urban Villages is also tracking the embodied footprint of the interiors – everything from counters and lighting to utensils – and is supporting more tree planting to offset the equivalent carbon footprint of the interiors. Life cycle analyses and carbon estimates for the operational and embodied carbon footprints have been completed by Stok.

• This approach was selected to support and fortify biodiversity within the ecosystem, as the trees planted re-introduce the Engelmann Spruce species, a primary tree species that was diminished by beetle kill.

• The trees are planted near the La Garita Wilderness, a part of the National Wilderness Preservation System, which protects and preserves federally managed wilderness areas. This ensures they will continue to be protected over the hotel’s lifetime. The tree planting project coordinates are 38°03’59.4″N 106°55’24.6″W and are approximately one mile northwest of the Cebolla Trailhead, which serves as an access point into the La Garita Wilderness and is managed by the US Forest Service Gunnison Ranger District.

Beyond offsetting the building’s carbon footprint, Populus and its partners are upholding its carbon positive status throughout its lifetime by tracking, reducing, and offsetting the carbon emissions of its operations, including energy use, food sourcing, waste management, and more.

One Night, One Tree:

• In partnership with the National Forest Foundation (NFF), Populus’ One Night, One Tree program will plant one tree for every night’s stay, representing up to 20,000 newly planted trees in 2024. Guests will also have the option to purchase additional trees.

• NFF maintains a close relationship with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service and technical service providers who, together, ensure long-term tree monitoring and protection through regular seedling monitoring, random sampling, and browse protectors.

• Populus’ trees will be planted in Colorado in the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests, where NFF’s focus is on forest health improvement in response to a spruce beetle epidemic and aspen decline; and in the White River National Forest, where their focus is on disturbance recovery from the 2018 Lake Christine Fire and is positioned at the top of Basalt Mountain.

• The trees planted will be a mix of Engelmann spruce, Lodgepole pine, and Douglas fir — native and ecologically appropriate species picked by Forest Service professionals to improve the conditions for each specific fores

Populus’ interiors are designed with sustainability at the forefront to minimize its carbon footprint utilizing repurposed, innovative, and locallyand consciously sourced materials. Some initial highlights, with more to be announced, include:

• The lobby’s hanging sculpture – The Reishi Tapestry – constructed from nearly 500 sheets of Reishi™, a revolutionary leather-alternative by MycoWorks engineered from the root structure of mushrooms with their patented platform Fine Mycelium™.
• Wood-shingled wall in reception, with wood sourced from beetle kill trees, and a locally sourced Rio Grande Cottonwood log desk.
• Distressed wood slats on the lobby ceiling, sourced from reclaimed wood snow fencing in Wyoming.
• Guest room carpeting by Forth Surfaces made from recycled materials that biodegrades in landfills.