A rendering of the new Sonder hotel under construction in RiNo. (Courtesy of Magnetic Capital/Narrate Cos.)
A small new hotel is under construction in RiNo, and set to be anchored by a Japanese fusion restaurant with a Spanish name.
Denver-based firms Magnetic Capital, led by Dan Huml, and Narrate Cos., led by Adam Fenton, broke ground last month on a three-story, 23-unit building at 3354 Larimer St., which is leased by San Francisco-based Sonder.
Huml and Fenton purchased the 0.27-acre lot, formerly home to an industrial building, for $2.2 million in May 2019. They said they signed the lease with Sonder that November.
“We really liked Sonder’s approach, and their tech and their growth plans,” Huml said.
The building will also have a 5,600-square-foot restaurant space on the ground floor, which has been leased to Salvaje, a Panama City-born restaurant that has since expanded to other markets such as Paris and Bogota, and which debuted in the U.S. in Miami in early 2021. Menu items include grilled and teriyaki-glazed lamb shank, tandoori chicken on a stick and truffle fried rice with roasted duck, according to the Miami New Times.
“Salvaje is where the tradition and mysticism of the Japanese cuisine allow itself to be brushed with flavors and techniques of places around the world,” the restaurant said in a statement to BusinessDen, going on to promise hand-crafted cocktails and “an incredible and eclectic atmosphere.”
The restaurant, whose name means “wild” in Spanish, also has locations in the works in Dallas, Houston and Atlanta.
Leasing talks are underway regarding a second 672-square-foot retail space in the building, Huml said.
Sonder — which operates in more than 30 cities around the world — leases some or all of what are essentially apartment buildings, then rents the units out for as little as one night. The buildings generally don’t have on-site staff, giving them the feel of an Airbnb. In…