$10.7M deal extends RiNo homeless shelter contract through 2023
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A homeless shelter in RiNo that expanded its hours last year will continue operating 24/7 into the near future.
On Monday, the City Council approved a resolution paying the Salvation Army $10.65 million to operate the Crossroads Center at 1901 29th St. through the end of 2023.
Crossroads, long operated by the Salvation Army as an overnight shelter, was expanded to provide non-stop services last year as pandemic pressures and a resulting flood of resources accelerated and exacerbated a need.
“It was a need we’d already identified in our planning process and a move we were working with partners to try and make,” said Angie Nelson, Deputy Director of Housing Stability (HOST) and Homelessness Resolution for the city. “The infusion of federal resources related to the COVID response accelerated the implementation and made it so we couldn’t wait, because we needed it now.”
DENVER WeWork’s plans for a Denargo Market location have devolved into a lawsuit.
The New York-based coworking firm, which has scaled back its plans for the Denver market over the past 13 months, last week sued the owner of the 86,000-square-foot building at 2323 Delgany St.
WeWork signed a lease for the entire building in March 2019, but never opened. BusinessDen reported last May that WeWork had removed a reference to the planned location from its website.
The building is owned by WL Denver Delgany Owner LLC, previously described as a partnership between Denver-based EverWest Real Estate Investors and Chicago-based WHI Real Estate Partners. It paid $10.5 million for the property in January 2016, records show.