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Developer Plans Micro Apartments In Historic 1st Avenue Hotel Building

DENVER (CBS4) - A historic building that's been vacant for years is finally being redeveloped.

1st Avenue Hotel
The 1st Avenue Hotel building (credit: CBS)

The old 1st Avenue Hotel on Broadway hasn't been in use since 2013. The last tenant was the El Diablo restaurant which closed after a dispute with the city over safety concerns and fire updates to the building.

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El Diablo on Thursday (credit: CBS)

Businessden.com reports that a developer wants to turn the building into micro apartments. They would be around 350 square feet and rent for $850 to $900 a month.

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The 1st Avenue Hotel building (credit: CBS)

The ground floor of the building would be used as retail space.

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