Thrive Eyes Food Court, Beer Garden and Offices in Denver

Thrive Development wants to turn two warehouses in Denver into a food hall, beer garden and coworking offices.

The locally based developer has filed plans to convert the warehouses at 1350 Shoshone Street and 1701 West 13th Avenue, in Lincoln Park, the Denver Business Journal and Denver Post reported.

An affiliate of Thrive bought the 21,500 square feet of warehouses on 1.3 acres in 2022 for $4.65 million.

They include a two-story 7,200-square-foot building on Shoshone and a single-story 14,400-square-foot building on West 13th, near the Metropolitan State University of Denver campus, and also near Empower Field.

The smaller warehouse would contain coworking offices, including conference rooms, a kitchen, 80-square-feet offices and four-person office suites. It would have an office patio and racks for 16 bicycles.

The larger building would contain the food court, with four indoor food vendors, plus a self-serve beer hall and cocktail bar. A BBQ vendor would set up outside.

The area between the buildings would serve as a beer garden and entertainment area.

The adaptive re-use project, designed by Meridian 105 and Heltshe Design, would feature woodwork and concrete floors to preserve the buildings’ existing character, while creating “a green oasis” in what is otherwise a local “food desert.”

“There are few dining options in the area despite the significant number of new and planned residential developments near the Metro campus, Sun Valley just down 13th Street and several new developments on Santa Fe,” the company said in a statement.

“This food hall is intended to meet the needs of this growing community, offering a vibrant culinary destination to support the area’s expansion in Sun Valley just down 13th. We wanted to provide something that would support that growth.”

Pending approvals, Thrive expects to break ground in the middle of 2026 and open the following year. The cost of the project was undisclosed.

Thrive, founded in 2022, has plans for three multifamily, mixed-use and townhome projects, including a classically-inspired brownstone development in Sloan’s Lake, according to its website.

— Dana Bartholomew