{"id": "n-09ac2c3ea1", "slug": "aspen-hymanbrand-building", "type": "gas-station", "name": "Hyman–Brand Building", "aka": [], "city": "Aspen", "county": "Pitkin County", "state": "CO", "country": "US", "census_division": 8, "lat": 39.18944444, "lon": -106.81861111, "geocode_method": "wikipedia", "address": null, "metro": null, "original_use": "bank, car dealership, gas station, repair shop", "year_opened": null, "year_closed": 1970, "acres": null, "gla_sqft": null, "stores_peak": null, "levels": null, "original_developer": "David Marks Hyman", "original_architect": null, "before_notes": "Draft from Wikipedia, model-extracted, unreviewed: The Hyman–Brand Building, originally a bank, then a gas station, was reinhabited into upscale retail, art galleries, and a hotel.", "strategy": ["reinhabit"], "new_use": ["entertainment", "hotel", "other", "retail"], "share_retrofit": null, "status": "built", "year_retrofit": null, "developer": "Harley Baldwin", "architect": null, "after_notes": "upscale boutiques, art galleries, hotel rooms, open-air rooftop cafe", "narrative": "The Hyman–Brand Building, often referred to as just the Brand Building, is located at the corner of South Galena Street and East Hopkins Avenue in Aspen, Colorado, United States. It is a two-story stone building erected in the late 19th century. At different stages in the city's history, it was owned by an entrepreneur who used the building in a way that redefined the city for that time. In 1985, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.\nIt was built by David Marks Hyman, one of the earliest investors in silver mining during Aspen's early years; it is the only building in Aspen he is known to have financed.", "narrative_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "narrative_source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand_Building", "zoning_change": null, "public_subsidy": null, "entitlement_year": null, "planning_notes": null, "wikidata_qid": "Q4956487", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand_Building", "osm_id": null, "verified": "draft", "verified_by": null, "last_verified": null, "last_updated": "2026-10-18", "created": "2026-10-18", "contributor_name": null, "contributor_org": null, "contributor_link": null, "international": 0, "county_fips": "08097", "opp_score": 0.0, "opp_reasons": ["retrofit already built", "county shrank -4.4% 2018–23", "median rent $1,880"], "for_sale": 0, "distressed": 0, "url": "https://retrofitatlas.org/gas-stations/co/aspen-hymanbrand-building/", "events": [{"year": 1891, "date": null, "kind": "note", "detail": "Building erected", "source_id": 8101}, {"year": 1891, "date": null, "kind": "opened", "detail": "Opened", "source_id": null}, {"year": 1920, "date": null, "kind": "note", "detail": "Michael H. 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