LOVELAND When Fort Collins and Longmont began to revitalize their downtowns in the 1980s, downtown Loveland still struggled with vacant storefronts, decaying facades and little of the development activity that characterized the reinvigoration of Loveland’s Front Range neighbors.
Now, it’s beginning to evolve. Massive development projects such as The Foundry have brought large amounts of apartments and retail space into the market. Historic buildings have come up for sale and presented prime redevelopment opportunities. The Downtown Development Authority and local business owners have worked together to beautify building storefronts. Downtown Loveland has started to feel like a downtown.
The buyers, 6th St. Library LLC, closed on the property in late December for $537,097.
Built originally as Loveland’s public library, the property was owned by Larimer County and used as the county’s annex in Loveland until a new building was constructed in 2018.
The city bought the building back and intended to sell it to an employer that might bring workers downtown. It sold the building to PDQ Properties LLC in August 2020 for $450,000 in a deal that included the lease of 40 parking spaces in the lot just west of the Pulliam Community Building.
6th St. Library LLC is a new company owned by multiple partners, including major partners Kurt Skott, Bob Dehn and Lawrence Thomas.