↵↵Denver’s LoHi neighborhood is getting two new restaurants in a building being developed by
Gravitas Development Group at 2930 Umatilla.
Mizu, a contemporary Japanese restaurant with a full sushi bar and lounge, will occupy a split-level space on portions of the first and second floors of the building. The 4,000-square-foot restaurant is scheduled to open by early 2015. It will feature indoor and outdoor space on both levels; a 33-foot NanaWall opening the second floor to the open air; several water features; and a distinct dining space and bar/lounge.
Restaurateur Justin Cucci, owner of
Linger and
Root Down in LoHi and at DIA, will open a 2,700-square-foot restaurant on the building’s fifth floor. The restaurant, slated to open by the middle of next year, will have unobstructed views of downtown Denver from a large open-air patio.
"The urban typology of this development, not common to Denver, presented our team with the opportunity to offer the LoHi community a dynamic mix of restaurants on a piece of land that would typically only allow one," says Ryan Diggins, a partner in Gravitas. "The top, fifth-floor space was originally designed as office space. However, we converted it to restaurant space after seeing the stunning views it showcased of the downtown Denver skyline."
In addition to the two restaurants, the 23,000-square-foot building also will house office space.
Gravitas also has developed a mixed-use office, restaurant and retail complex made of shipping containers on the corner of 25th and Larimer streets in the RiNo neighborhood; another mixed-use project near Highlands Square at the corner of 32nd Avenue and Irving Street; and the soon-to-be completed adaptive reuse project in the Berkeley neighborhood at 4000 Tennyson St., which will be home to
Block and Larder, a chophouse-style restaurant, and a new diner from the team behind the Jelly breakfast restaurants.
Contact Confluence Denver Development News Editor Margaret Jackson with tips and leads for future stories at margaret@confluence-denver.com.
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