Lowry Beer Garden Walking Tour

Tour description: Join the Denver Architecture Foundation for a tour of Lowry Beer Garden, a vibrant adaptive reuse project in the heart of the historic Lowry neighborhood. Once part of the former Lowry Air Force Base, the beer garden sits between two iconic 1939 Air Force hangars, converting Denver’s aviation past into a current community gathering space.

Participants will explore how City Street Investors transformed a historic military site into a lively social destination. The tour will also examine the evolution of the surrounding campus: one hangar now houses the renowned Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum, and the adjacent “Hangar 2” features offices, retail, and commercial spaces.

About Lowry Beer Garden: Designed around openness, community-building, and outdoor culture, the Lowry Beer Garden features more than 9,000 square feet of space of communal Oktoberfest-style tables, flexible social seating, and a park-like setting. The substantial size of the project can accommodate up to 500 guests in an informal hospitality environment to serve as a neighborhood anchor. Throughout the project, the developers incorporated design details from the site’s military and industrial heritage as backdrop to highlight  local food and craft brewing.

Tour Guide: Joe Vostrejs is a principal at City Street Investors, where he led the redevelopment effort of the historic Evans School, aiming to create a new community hub. He has been involved in real estate and restaurant development in Denver since 1985. Joe and his partners have been investing in Denver neighborhoods for almost two decades, with a philosophy of choosing transformative projects that create both financial and social value – a practice he and his partners have dubbed “Custom Crafting.”

In City Street Investors, the partners have created a highly capable, real estate-based, investment, management and development group that primarily works on complex projects that require creative solutions and that conform to the group’s mission of creating places that genuinely improve the communities in which they exist. Through a series of creative partnerships, projects and innovative acquisitions, the group has built a portfolio that consists of more than twenty restaurant investments and partnerships as well as a collection of over twenty re-positioned retail and multi-family properties in Denver’s most desirable neighborhoods.

Joe is also a partner in Union Station Alliance, a dynamic multi-organizational group tasked with the redevelopment of Denver’s historic Union Station in 2014. Joe and his partners created the locally oriented retail vision and strategy for the project as well as created and operate five new food &  beverage concepts for the project. Prior to City Street Investors Joe was the Chief Operating Officer of Larimer Associates, during which time he was responsible for the operation of Larimer Square as well as the company’s other significant real estate and restaurant holdings. Joe continues as an advisor to the firm and as a partner in many of its investments.

Joe is designated as a Certified Retail Property Executive (CRX) by the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), and as a Real Property Administrator by the Building Owners Management Association (BOMA). He is the past Chairman of the Downtown Denver Partnership where he continues to serve on numerous councils. He also sits on the board of HLC @ Metro, Inc.

Accessibility information: Access is located on either side of the main entrance. Please continue along the gravel and brick paver pathway directly into the restaurant and up the ramp on the left side to enter.

Refund policy: The Denver Architecture Foundation is a nonprofit educational organization. Ticket sales support the Foundation in continuing to provide quality events to the public. We are unable to provide refunds or credits for any reason less than 48 hours prior to the event.

Please note that DAF tours take place rain, snow or shine. If your tour includes an outdoor portion, please dress for the weather. DAF staff will contact all attendees directly should a tour be cancelled for any reason.

Photo provided courtesy of City Street Investors