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One month before the contestants of Love is Blind moved into the Jasper Towers, the building’s developer and constructors settled an eight-figure legal dispute over who was to blame for the apartments’ large-scale flooding, power outages and glass falling from balconies.
Episodes seven through nine of the first Denver-based season of the Netflix dating show were released on Wednesday, October 8. They showed the five engaged couples moving in together in the downtown Union Station neighborhood, after a little over two weeks of dating in a film studio and honeymooning in Mexico.
The living arrangement elicited mixed reactions. Edmond excitedly squeezed his entire body inside the kitchen cabinet in awe of its size, and Nick celebrated having two bathrooms for “number two situations.” Meanwhile, “Sparkle Megan,” the ex-girlfriend of a billionaire” seemed unimpressed, noting that her couple will need to search for a new home that is “definitely bigger than this.” (She later brought her blue-collar fiancé, Jordan, to an open house for a $2 million, six-bedroom mansion.)
Turns out Megan was onto something. The so-called luxury apartment building at 1777 Chestnut Place, formerly known as The Grand, evicted all of its tenants with only thirty days’ notice in mid-2022 due to its dilapidated conditions, just four years after opening in 2018.
The building was later reopened and rebranded as Jasper Towers. Despite the new name, it seemingly hasn’t been able to shake its old reputation. The Jasper Towers website currently advertises a deal for “up to three months free rent” in an attempt to entice new tenants.
Rent at the building ranges from $1,600 per month for a studio to $9,300 per month for a three-bedroom unit. The Love is Blind couples appear to be living in two-bedroom, two-bathroom units, which go for between $2,474 and $4,359. The apartments can also be rented via Mint House, a privately run hotel, for between $195 and $695 per night.
The building is located directly across the street from the Sentral apartments, the filming location for Denver’s last dating show, Married at First Sight.
Many of the new episodes of Love is Blind took place inside the apartment complex, including rollerblading and juggling demonstrations, introductions to the in-laws, and plenty of lovers’ spats. But a few Denver attractions made it onscreen, as well.
Episode eight features Le Bilboquet in Cherry Creek, My Neighbor Felix in Centennial and Linger in the LoHi as the restaurants where cast members introduced their friends and families to their new fiancés. Linger was one of the first filming locations revealed for season nine, when photos leaked showing Joe’s family being interviewed after their dinner with him and Madison on March 19, 2024.
Episode nine showed Madison and Joe riding a four-wheel surrey bike around Smith Lake in Washington Park. And the episode ends with a private party for all of the couples and dumped contestants inside Stampede, a country-themed nightclub and event venue in Aurora.
Episodes one through nine of Love is Blind: Denver are available now on Netflix. Episodes ten and eleven will be released on Wednesday, October 15.
