The hotel will include three levels of underground parking for 600 cars. The 55-foot tall base of the for the tower, or podium, includes the main lobby, restaurant, guest services on the ground level, and conferencing facilities on levels two and three. Level four contains a health club with an indoor lap pool, and hospitality suites with outdoor terraces. The podium exterior materials consist of precast concrete panels with accents of limestone and granite. High performance glazing within a clear anodized aluminum window system complete the palette of materials.

The public spaces are organized along a large three-story high atrium space which runs the length of the building along California Street beginning at the corner of 14th Street. This space offers views into and out of the building, promoting pedestrian activity along the street edge. The restaurant, guestroom elevators, lobbies and convention bar are located within this space on the ground level.

Escalators connect the lobby with prefunction areas and the 30,000-sf grand ballroom on the second level, the 15,000-sf junior ballrooms, pre-function areas and meeting rooms on the third level. Ascending through the atrium space, the guests will be offered views to the lobby below and the mountains to the west.

The hotel tower is oriented along California Street, further defining the strong pedestrian corridor. The tower materials consist of architectural precast concrete similar in appearance to limestone. High performance glazing set into clear anodized aluminum window system or glass curtain wall completes the tower.

The main portion of the tower extends 21 floors above the podium, with an additional 12 floors of a smaller floor plate of guestrooms extending to the 37th floor. At each end of the tower a vertical plane extends from the building and over the roof, relating to the large horizontal sweeping roofs of the adjacent Colorado Convention Center and the site's historic past as the Denver Post building. This architectural expression accentuates the tower and aides in defining the hotel's identity on the skyline while serving as a nighttime lighting component, according to the architectural firm.

The low-rise and high-rise portion of the tower are connected by a vertical spire element which serves as a viewing area from the upper elevator lobbies and extends 50 feet above the top of the building. Both the beacon topping the tower and the spire provide a strong identity for the hotel on the downtown skyline during both night and day to greet arriving conventioneers, according to the architectural firm.

The Colorado Convention Center Hotel's distinctive design will establish the hotel identity while serving as a destination point for visitors, the firm claims.