Cambria hotel breaks ground along Brighton in Denver’s RiNo neighborhood

Another hotel is under construction in RiNo.

Denver-based HighSide broke ground in June on a seven-story, 153-room Cambria hotel at 3601 Brighton Blvd., according to Aaron Pollick, the company’s senior vice president of development.

The goal is to open in December 2023.

“We see a lot of growth in the metro Denver area, especially RiNo,” Pollick said.

HighSide submitted development plans to the city in December 2020 and purchased the 0.43-acre corner lot in August 2021 for $4.3 million.

Cambria is a brand of Maryland-based Choice Hotels, which launched it in 2005. There are now 60 open in the U.S. The RiNo location will be the second in Colorado. The other, in Aurora, generally offers rooms starting in the $130-$180 range depending on the date, according to its website.

Pollick said rates for the RiNo hotel will be set closer to opening, but called Cambria “a nice upscale brand.” The hotel will feature a restaurant, a fitness center, a rooftop bar with mountain views and spa-style bathrooms, according to a news release from Choice.

Brinkmann Constructors is the general contractor. Baskervill is an architect on the project.