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The city announced a pending $7.85 million purchase of a hotel last week and it may issue a request for proposals in “the next few months” to find others.
City negotiating $7.8M purchase of northeast Denver hotel for homeless shelter
Photos courtesy of Hugo Weinberger)
The city of Denver plans to buy a hotel to house a portion of its homeless population.
U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette was in northeast Denver Thursday with Mayor Michael Hancock to announce that she is working to secure $2 million in federal funding to help the city purchase the former Stay Inn at 12033 E. 38th Ave for $7.85 million.
The owner of the 96-room property, Hugo Weinberger, president of the Englewood-based Situs Group, told BusinessDen Thursday the deal is still in the letter of intent stage, and the city is not yet under contract.
Although Denver has long housed homeless individuals in motels on an emergency basis, the city now plans to purchase a motel in northeast Denver and transform it into a homeless shelter. This building here behind us represents hope, the transformation that can take place on this property and the transformation that is possible for the people who will call it home. That transformation is foundational to the future of our city and is a pillar for our economic recovery and sustainability going forward, Mayor Michael Hancock said at a May 6 press conference in front of the Stay Inn (which had been in turning into a Travelodge) on Peoria Street just south of I-70.
15 Apr 2021
Melbourne’s most notorious motel is up for sale, and its owners are hoping to get a few million for it.
Coburg’s the Stay Inn on Sydney Road was rated as Melbourne’s worst accommodation on Tripadvisor before it closed in 2019, and now it’s on the market for a cool $4.5 million.
The motel is so notorious,
Vice produced a documentary about it as part of its Australiana series.
According to
Vice, the Stay Inn received most of its clientele through prisons and homeless services.
“Arrests and fights between residents are a common occurrence and everyone here has a past that involves tragedy, mental illness, drug abuse or incarceration,” the documentary’s bio said.