Plans have been announced for the construction of an 80-room hotel in Lyons, a town of around 2,100 people in northern Colorado.
The project, which belongs to the Moss Rock Development company, will go up in the downtown area off the 300 block of Main Street, and could see construction beginning late next year.
Moss Rock purchased the site for $1.3 million.
As planned, the hotel will measure around 50,000 square feet and will also include a café and meeting room space. The Lakewood-based Front Range Property Solutions is serving as a planning consultant on the project.
The site’s address runs from 343 to 355 Main, and currently comprises several mostly commercial structures that will be demolished to make way for the new hotel. The site was formerly the home to the Festivarie Inn, which closed last year.
A review application for the project has been submitted to the town’s planning and community development commission, which may decide on it in January.
After that, the project will be reviewed by members of the Lyons Board of Trustees for hoped-for approval.
If all goes as expected, a roughly 15 or so month construction schedule could see the new hotel completed by the summer of 2023.
By Garry Boulard
