Starwood Preferred Guest - Speculation about W Hotel and Residence in Downtown Denver

I live in downtown Denver and from time to time keep track of whats going on down there in terms of development. There have been some rumors recently of a W Hotel and Residence going in in downtown Denver, the skinny is that it is 3 towers one a four floor base right next to union station. For those of you who want to check some sites reporting on this goto
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http://www.denver-cityscape.com/whats_new.html
where it states:
3/23/06 - A mixed-use project with three 13-story towers and containing a hotel and 93 residential units is being planned in the Union Commons area of the Central Platte Valley. The project, to be developed by East-West Partners, is to be located at 17th and Chestnut Streets, across the railroad tracks from the Riverfront Park project. The hotel is rumored to be a "W" Hotel and designed by SOM Architects. No details about height or the number of hotel rooms have been released. Additional information will be posted as it becomes available.
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and from http://www.denverinfill.com/blog_archives/blog_april_2006.htm :

April 1, 2006. Thanks to a DenverInfill regular for letting me know about this: Check out the W Hotel's website under their Residences section by clicking here. Then, click on the little elevator button that says "Upcoming News." Yep, one more confirmation that a W Hotel & Residences announcement for behind Union Station should be forthcoming.

Speaking of the W Hotel, at Denver Cityscape (a website similar to DenverInfill but which covers the whole metro area), my friend who runs that site is reporting that the proposed W Hotel will consist of three 9-story towers sitting on a common 4-story base, for a total of 13 stories. Sounds about right given the 140' height limit. I'm speculating that two of those three towers will be the condos, and one will be the hotel. Little by little, we learn more about the mysterious W Hotel project. Hopefully, East-West Partners will come out soon with an announcement and a rendering and end all this speculation!
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This wouldnt be the only hotel/residence being put in, there is a 42 story four seasons which is moving forward in downtown denver too

I've heard similar rumours... but more along the lines of Denver receiving an aLoft property. The two aren't necessarily mutually exclusive though, and I can definitely see a W fitting in here very well.

Looks like they were all true. Here's a tidbit from the story in the Denver Post:

The hip W Hotel brand plans to open an outpost in Denver's Central Platte Valley in 2008. The hotel is expected to feature 171 guest rooms and 90 private residences, according to a document for real-estate developers that was posted on the website of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc., the hotel chain's parent company.

(...) The W Denver will be located on about 2 acres at 17th and Chestnut streets, near Denver's historic Union Station, according to city records.

More at: http://www.denverpost.com/ci_3881812