Stapleton Plaza Hotel Planned for Conversion From Hotel to 220-Unit Housing Project
DENVER, CO – An 11-story hotel property at 3333 Quebec St. is proposed to be converted from short-term lodging into long-term housing, according to concept plans submitted to the City of Denver. The project, titled Stapleton Plaza Hotel, would repurpose an existing 310-room Holiday Inn into a 220-unit residential building, reworking the interior layout while maintaining the current structure and overall site configuration.
Rendering Sourced from Concept Plan Application, Edited by Developing Denver.
From Hotel Rooms to Apartments
Plans show the conversion would replace hotel rooms with a mix of studio and one-bedroom apartments. Upper floors would be reconfigured to support residential unit layouts rather than nightly stays, while retaining the building’s height and massing.
No exterior expansion or demolition is proposed. The project is structured as an adaptive reuse rather than a ground-up redevelopment.
Residential Amenities and Shared Spaces
The ground floor and lower levels are planned to support long-term residents with expanded amenities. Proposed features include coworking space, a game lounge, golf simulator, dog lounge, and multiple meeting and flexible-use rooms.
Wellness and fitness amenities are a major component of the redesign. Plans include a fitness center with handball courts, sauna and steam rooms, locker facilities, and a thermal pool area featuring both hot and cold plunge pools. Outdoor amenities are shown with fire pits, lawn games, and grill stations.
These elements mirror broader trends in multifamily development, where shared spaces are used to offset smaller private unit sizes.
Parking and Site Conditions
The project retains a substantial parking supply, with plans showing approximately 605 parking spaces split between structured and surface parking. Existing access points and surrounding street conditions along Quebec Street and nearby corridors remain unchanged.
The site currently contains multiple existing buildings, all of which are shown to remain.
Ownership and Project Team
The property is owned by Eagle PropCo 7 LLC, which appears to be affiliated with HHM Hotels, a global hospitality management company with a large North American portfolio. City records show the property was acquired in 2021 for more than $15.7 million.
The conversion is being led by Premier Design to Completion, a Dallas-based firm specializing in interior design, architecture, procurement, and project management for renovation and redevelopment projects. The firm reports more than $2.5 billion in completed work since its founding in 1994.
Neither ownership nor the project team responded publicly to requests for comment, according to reporting by Denver Post.
A Growing Pattern in Denver
Hotel-to-housing conversions have become more common across the Denver metro area as developers look to reuse underperforming hospitality assets to meet housing demand. These projects typically avoid the time and cost associated with rezoning or large-scale site work while delivering new residential units faster than ground-up construction.
Similar conversions have already taken place in Aurora and other nearby submarkets, signaling a broader shift in how aging hotel properties are being repositioned.
What Happens Next
The submitted materials represent a concept-level proposal. Additional permitting, technical reviews, and city approvals will be required before construction can begin. No construction timeline has been announced.
Learn More
This article covers the high-level approval and project background. For deeper detail, including permit records, site plans, project contacts, and ongoing status updates, visit the full project page now, where we continue tracking this development as it moves toward construction.
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All project information was sourced from publicly available site plans, renderings, and permitting documents.
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