2235 Arapahoe has been a vacant and collapsing industrial building, a failed ax-throwing location, a never-opened hostel, a biohazard, a homeless encampment and a victim of four fires.
While the June 3 fire in an adjacent abandoned building didn’t breach Merchants Office Furniture’s property at 2261 N. Broadway, it caused severe smoke and water damage. Support beams were broken, the roof needed replacing, the shared property wall was damaged and nearly everything inside had to be tossed out.