This is a tough question we have heard from many of our clients... and one without an easy answer.
We know that we love the Highlands neighborhood. Located with close proximity to Riverfront Park, Downtown, and Sloans Lake the Highlands offers easy access to the best of Denver Condo and Loft Living. And if we look at Denver restaurants the Highlands (including LoHi and West Highlands) offers some of Denver greatest dining and entertainment options both old and new. So when folks try to decide between a Denver condo, Denver loft, or Denver home in the Highlands and wrestle with a decision between the two it is certainly tough to choose. Either way, both neighborhoods stack up for some of the best Denver Real Estate options.
Many first learned about the Highlands because of the great historic 32nd and Lowell Highlands Square with such great Restaurants as Bang, Sushi Hai, Coral Room, and more. This area of the Highlands is also close to the great Tennyson Street Culture District which offers the First Friday Art Walks and a number of great galleries, restaurants, wine bars, and more. With a short bike ride to Sloan's Lake it also offers easy green space access where you can enjoy a walk around the lake waters.
LoHi has been the newer and faster growing area of the Highlands. Here many new restaurants such as Root Down, LoHi Steak Bar, Lola, and Vita among many others began creating a hotspot for enjoying great meals, drinks and places to sit on outdoor patios in our beautiful Denver weather (not today of course). LoHi has easy access to Riverfront Park which means you are right next to the great green space of Commons Park and easy access to the Denver trail system and the Cherry Creek trail. It also means easy access to Downtown Denver via the many pedestrian bridges that connect our city.
Which one is better... well that might just boil down to finding the perfect house instead because wherever you are in the Highlands you are never far from all of the great items mentioned above. Both also offer different types of Denver real estate including historic Denver Square or other classic homes with private yards, cool Denver modern townhomes and homes, or mid rise Denver condos and lofts.
To learn more about the Highlands real estate, LoHi real estate, or West Highlands real estate please contact any of us at New Era Realty.