Graland submits plan for new performing arts center

The entrance to the Graland Country Day School on Feb. 19, 2025. (Matt Geiger/BusinessDen)

Hilltop’s Graland Country Day school is thinking about its next act. 

The private school at 55 Clermont St. in Denver submitted plans to the city this month for a new, 25,000-square-foot performing arts and communications building, public records show. It would replace an existing theater building.

Graland’s 700-plus student body spans preschool through eighth grades. Tuition costs around $35,000 a year. 

“The project is not yet approved,” said Karyn Huberman, director of marketing and communications for the school.

“The documents … represent an exploratory phase. Our board of trustees has asked the school to assess the feasibility of the proposed performing arts and communications building, and the city filings were part of that information-gathering process regarding zoning and building requirements,” she said.

Graland’s existing Hamilton Reiman building, which serves some of the school’s performing arts programs, would come down as part of the redevelopment, according to the plans. 

The plans were drawn by architecture firm Cuningham. The campus would span more than 200,000 square feet if the project goes through. 

The plans don’t specify what the building’s interior would look like or what classes it would hold. The school’s website says its offerings include drama, visual arts and musical programs for students, such as after-school private lessons for children learning to play an instrument. 

Graland, founded in 1927, is no stranger to big expansions. In 2016, the school opened a $13 million, 25,000-square-foot “innovation center.”