Denver wants to buy old Goodyear to build affordable housing in heart of downtown

The City and County of Denver is working to close on a deal with the property owners of the former Goodyear auto repair shop in downtown worth $2.5 million.

Denver’s finance department asked City Council’s finance and business committee Tuesday to approve $2,525,000 from contingency funding in the Capital Improvement Fund to buy two parcels at 1460 and 1480 Tremont Place.

The 12,500-square-foot plot near the Denver Pavilions and the Webb Municipal Building is home to a former Goodyear. Denver plans to tear down the building and find a developer to build new affordable housing in a part of downtown that hasn’t seen new units built since before the pandemic, according to a city presentation…

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