COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The old Parkside Office Suites building off East Bijou Street has arguably seen better days. Mother Nature has begun to reclaim the parking lot, with green sprouts popping up through its cracked pavement. The large red-paneled building has plenty of street-facing windows, but a closer look reveals that many are shattered and boarded.
A sign on the building also points to a bygone era: “Office space from $350.”
But the building will soon bring in revenue again, though this time from clients of a different sort.
The old Parkside Office Suites, located at 125 N Parkside Dr., will be converted into 32 “micro apartments.”
“It will be a nice infill project to clean up an old building that appears to be in rough shape,” wrote a spokesperson for the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department on Facebook. “We haven’t permitted a lot of renovations like this, but it’s a growing trend nationwide.”…