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apartment, senior living and student housing projects. “For us, it was more about
penetrating into a new segment,” says Patel. “Hotels were the last category we want-
ed to crack. When a name like Hyatt came up, we were obviously very excited.”
Patel touts both the speed to market and the structural toughness, and notes that
both are critical for hotels. “Aggressive phasing in of the trades can shorten the
duration of construction by months,” he says, citing potential savings on materi-
als of 35 percent. “Hotels are ideally suited for our system,” he adds. They’re highly
stackable.”
But Patel is quick to note affordable doesn't mean cheap: “The quality of the prod-
uct has to be good because hotels take a lot of abuse. Hotels have to be built to last.”
Haller says he anticipates using Prescient’s system on future projects he manages
for Alliance. “Hotels lend themselves to this kind of system,” he says, adding that
affordable housing and other multifamily projects are likewise a good fit.
And Prescient is geared up to meet rising demand from a diverse group of de-
velopers in Colorado and elsewhere. Annual capacity is increasing from about 1.2
million square feet in 2015 to 4 million square feet in 2016. “We can build 50 Hyatt
House hotels at our Colorado plants in a year,” says Patel.
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PROJECT TEAM
GENERAL CONTRACTOR:
Alliance Construction, Denver
ARCHITECT:
Law Klingdon Architecture,
Wichita, Kansas
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER:
KL&A, Golden
STEEL FRAMING
MANUFACTURER:
Prescient, Denver/Arvada
OWNER AND DEVELOPER:
Continuum Partners, Denver
Photos courtesy
Ryan Dravitz Photography.
OPENING PHOTO:
Hyatt House is the first lodging
property to be built in Lake-
wood’s Belmar.
FACING PAGE:
The lobby features a clean, mod-
ern aesthetic, which is geared to
the “younger business traveler.”
TOP:
A rendering of Hyatt House
Belmar
ABOVE:
The hotel’s modern design is re-
flected in contemporary artwork.
