Hyatt Place Peña Station/Denver Airport Celebrates Official Opening

226-room Hyatt Place hotel opens nearby Denver International Airport

CHICAGO November 21, 2019 – Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) announced today that Hyatt Place Peña Station/Denver Airport is officially open. The new hotel features unexpected and experiential elements, including a curated Colorado-centric art program; a lively bar showcasing top local beers, wine and spirits; a resident Golden Retriever puppy named Denver greeting guests at check-in; and an ultra-convenient location just one stop away from Denver International Airport (DIA) on the RTD University of Colorado A-line train.

A collaboration between McWHINNEY – a Colorado-based real estate investor and developer with expertise in hospitality, mixed-use, commercial, multi-family and residential assets – and Sage Hospitality, the hotel’s operator, this is the first hotel to open in Denver’s Peña Station NEXT, a community, transit-oriented development offering multi-family housing, offices, retail, health and wellness, along with hotels, restaurants and more.

“Hyatt Place Peña Station/Denver Airport is part of a new kind of global showcase community and we couldn’t be happier to provide visitors with a memorable hotel experience in such a connected destination,” said General Manager Susi Keating. “This new hotel offers our multitasking guests an elevated experience while we help them easily accomplish what they need to do while on the road. Our location is key, as it is the only hotel directly on the RTD A-line, making it just an eight-minute train ride to Denver International Airport and less than 30 minutes to Denver Union Station.”  

The hotel’s thoughtful and intuitive interior design ensures that guests move seamlessly from work to relaxation. Hyatt Place Peña Station/Denver Airport offers:

• 226 spacious guestrooms with separate spaces to sleep, work and play, as well as a Cozy Corner sofa-sleeper
• Top-floor suites with balconies and unobstructed mountain views
• Free Wi-Fi throughout hotel and guestrooms
• Breakfast Bar, a hot breakfast available daily in the Gallery Kitchen features a variety of breakfast items, including cage-free eggs, all-natural bacon and sausage, fresh-cut fruit, steel cut oatmeal, Greek yogurt, artisanal breads, and more
• The Market serving freshly prepared meals anytime, day or night and perfectly packaged sandwiches and salads
• Full-Service Starbucks serving everyone’s favorite specialty coffees, teas, snacks and more
• The Bar featuring spectacular mountain views and ample indoor/outdoor seating as well as local craft beers, premium wines and cocktails
• Necessities program for forgotten items guests can buy, borrow or enjoy for free
• Event Spaces offer more than 4,000 square feet of flexible, high-tech meeting/function space with light-filled conference rooms
• Fitness Center featuring a Peloton bike and other cardio equipment with LCD touchscreens and free ear buds
• Indoor heated pool
• Entertainment area with board games and a Sony Play Station, along with a library with digital options for borrowing books

Families are welcome at Hyatt Place Peña Station/Denver Airport with a check-in package designed for children, an invitation to choose a trinket from the lobby Radio Flyer Wagon and a designated kid-friendly hotel key presented on a personal lanyard. Younger children can enjoy the Pajama Pancake Party on weekends and a dedicated kid-friendly ice cream sundae bar in the warmer months. Additionally, a rotating complimentary signature hotel snack will be made in-house and change weekly and local food trucks will offer creative dining options for guests directly outside of the hotel on select days.

Highlights of the interior art program at Hyatt Place Peña Station/Denver Airport include an integrated luggage wall and historic license plates from Western states. In partnership with NINE dot Arts, the curated art collection offers playful references of Colorado’s past, present and future, plus the connectivity of technology and social media, and the nostalgia of domestic living.

“This new hotel is a great gathering space for the Peña Station NEXT community, which is Colorado’s first transit-oriented, ‘smart city’ development,” said Dave Johnstone, Chief Investment Officer, Hospitality at McWHINNEY. “Hotel guests will enjoy the extremely easy rail access to Denver International Airport along with the modern spaces and tech-friendly amenities.”

Designed by Denver architecture firm GKK Works, Hyatt Place Peña Station/Denver Airport expects to earn Silver LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. Peña Station NEXT is being developed by L.C. Fulenwider, Inc. in partnership with the Denver International Airport Division of Real Estate and Panasonic Enterprise Solutions Company.

About Hyatt Place

Hyatt Place hotels combine style, innovation and 24/7 conveniences to create an easy to navigate experience for today’s multi-tasking traveler. Guests can enjoy thoughtfully designed guestrooms featuring distinct zones for sleep, work and play, and free flowing social spaces that offer seamless transitions from work to relaxation. With more than 300 locations globally, Hyatt Place hotels offer freshly prepared food around the clock, efficient service and differentiated experiences for World of Hyatt members.

About Sage Hospitality

Denver-based Sage Hospitality was founded in 1984 and continues to lead the hospitality industry in hotel and restaurant management as well as real estate investment.  Sage is known for outstanding relationships with hotel brands and creating places that people want to go to, not through, including 10 unique restaurant concepts by Sage Restaurant Group and independent luxury properties by Sage Hotels. 

About McWHINNEY

Colorado-based real estate investment firm McWHINNEY is passionate about creating great places and providing awe-inspiring experiences. Since 1991, McWHINNEY has developed more than 6,000 acres of vibrant master-planned communities and more than 10 million square feet of vertical commercial and mixed-use properties in the Rocky Mountain region and on the West Coast. With offices in Loveland and Denver, McWHINNEY has been named Colorado’s “Developer of the Year” by the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) and won the Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) Global Award for Excellence and the Denver Business Journal Real Estate Champions – Catalyst Award for Denver Union Station.

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