Proposed Coba Bathhouse Would Bring a $27 Million Wellness Campus to Lincoln Park
DENVER, CO — A proposed $27 million wellness campus could bring a new type of destination to Denver's Lincoln Park neighborhood, with plans calling for a three-building bathhouse complex centered around thermal wellness, communal gathering spaces, and landscaped gardens.
Planned for 1339 Osage Street, adjacent to Domo Japanese Country Foods Restaurant and near the future Burnham Yard redevelopment, the one-acre campus would combine indoor and outdoor wellness amenities designed around communal bathing traditions. According to project materials, the development is envisioned as a civic-scale destination that blends architecture, gardens, and hydrothermal experiences into a single campus.
Exterior Pool Rendering | Courtesy of Coba Bathhouse
The proposal includes more than a dozen thermal amenities, including high-heat and silent saunas, steam rooms, soaking pools, cold plunges, float pools, mineral hot tubs, hydrotherapy rooms, and private thermal suites. Additional plans call for a café, tea dojo, rooftop garden, fire pit seating, walking paths, and flexible indoor spaces that could host educational workshops, tea ceremonies, live music, and community events.
The campus would be divided into three primary buildings totaling approximately 22,900 square feet. The first building would serve as the guest arrival area with reception, locker rooms, showers, and a café. The second building would contain the project's primary hydrothermal facilities, while the third building would provide private thermal suites and additional programming space. Outdoor gardens and gathering areas would connect the buildings throughout the site.
Open Air Pool Renderings | Courtesy of Coba Bathhouse
Plans also emphasize energy efficiency through several sustainability features. The proposal includes a geothermal heating and cooling network utilizing boreholes between 500 and 800 feet deep beneath the site's parking area. According to the development team, the system is designed to reduce heating and cooling energy costs by up to 70% compared to conventional gas-fired systems. Additional features include a rooftop solar array, smart building controls, and systems that recover waste heat to help warm
Project materials estimate the total development cost at approximately $27 million, funded through a combination of private investment, debt financing, grants, and tax credits. Once construction begins, the development team anticipates the project would take approximately 14 to 16 months to complete. If completed, Coba Bathhouse would introduce one of the region's largest purpose-built wellness campuses while adding another planned destination to the growing Lincoln Park neighborhood.
Exterior Rendering of Coba Bathhouse Entrance | Courtesy of Coba Bathhouse
Development Team
Co-Founders: Memphis Orion and Jon Medina
Architect: Independent Architecture (Paul Andersen)
General Contractor: Sprung Construction
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All project information was sourced from publicly available site plans, renderings, and permitting documents.
3 minute read • A proposed $27 million wellness campus could transform a one-acre site near Burnham Yard with thermal pools, saunas, gardens, and community gathering spaces if the Coba Bathhouse project moves forward.