Populus
Hotel · Central Business District
240 14th St, Denver, CO 80202
Highlights
Carbon-positive hotel with unique Aspen tree design, great views
Carbon-positive hotel with unique Aspen tree design, great views
"A newly opened Pioneer Square hotel property that launches with a pair of distinct food and drink concepts under one roof, combining a high-profile rooftop offering with a more traditional below-roof restaurant to serve guests and locals." - Harry Cheadle
"This nature-inspired hotel in Denver features an on-site biodigester that converts food waste into compost for local farms, integrating waste-management technology into the property’s sustainability approach." - Jen Rose Smith
"Opened May 22 as part of a newly opened hotel in Pioneer Square, this rooftop bar debuted with the city’s 'rooftop season' in mind and serves as the property's rooftop offering tied to the hotel’s launch." - Harry Cheadle
"The second location of a high-end, eco-minded, "carbon-positive" hotel that opened in Denver last year; it opens on May 22 in Pioneer Square as part of a larger Railspur development. The property features a restaurant called Salt Harvest and a cafe space that will serve Monorail Espresso coffee. Developer Urban Villages is making a major bet on the neighborhood: Railspur will also contain three Renee Erickson restaurants and a new location of the famed cocktail chain Death and Co., all set to open later this year." - Harry Cheadle
"A brand-new downtown Denver hotel that positions sustainability and carbon-sequestration goals at the property level, coordinating developer, hotel management, and restaurant operations to implement scalable waste-diversion strategies. The property supports tenant efforts—such as subscription-based biodigestion for food waste—by providing training, cross-team coordination, and an environmental experience manager to analyze diversion data. Early results are promising: property-wide landfill diversion is about 60% (including ongoing construction), and leadership frames waste elimination as a core operational expectation to drive buy-in and replicable solutions across the site." - Pamela Vachon
