About
A building that keeps coming back to being local.
315 E. Hyman Ave sits on one of the best blocks in downtown Aspen, between the Wheeler Opera House and Wagner Park, on a corner locals have gathered on for decades. Its story over the past few years is really the story of a lot of downtown Aspen: a beloved, scrappy local spot, bought out, reimagined for a different kind of customer, and then handed back. This time, run by the people who actually work there.
For 28 years
Su Casa & Eric's Bar
The Casper family owned the building for nearly three decades, and it operated as Su Casa restaurant, Eric's Bar, Aspen Billiards, and a cigar bar: a real local spot in downtown Aspen.
2020
A new owner
Developer Mark Hunt bought the property for $10.6 million, ending the Casper family's long ownership.
2022
Su Casa & Eric's Bar close
Both longtime tenants closed as the building prepared for a different kind of future. Unravel Coffee and Boat Tow opened in their place that same year.
2023–2025
Gravity Haus
The building became a Gravity Haus outpost: a hospitality chain blending co-working, a hotel-style membership, and a coffee shop and restaurant. It closed at the end of summer, less than three years after taking over the space, after its investors' profitability timeline didn't line up with the high cost of doing business in Aspen.
2026
Reactivation
Buckhorn Public Arts moved into the vacated offices and launched the Aspen Arts Club on July 1. Eddy's Marketplace, The Grove, Mischief Vintage, and Tattoo Aspen followed over the summer, with Aspen Daily News anchoring the building as its newsroom and publisher David Cook co-launching the ThreeFifteen brand.
Sept. 17, 2026
Community Open House
The building throws open its doors for a free, all-ages open house, introducing the whole block, all at once, to the town it's meant to serve.
“Community is art as a whole.”
Tim Sack, Executive Director, Buckhorn Public Arts, describing the reclaiming of “an originally beloved community third space”