The Old West Pancake House was an old budget breakfast staple of north Denver, flipping flapjacks in the shadow of Park Avenue and a La Quinta hotel.
The pancakes stopped sizzling a few years ago, and now the whole place is going down. The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless is preparing the site for the future Park Avenue Apartments, a 60-unit supportive housing project.
The new building will serve people who are recovering from homelessness. Units are reserved for those making up to 60% of the area median income, or about $86,400 for a family of four.
CCH secured the financing for the project on May 15 and started demolition a few days later. (However, I personally only noticed it just last week as I drove on the viaduct, which is why I’m writing this now.)
The project’s total budget is $34 million, with financing including $1.6 million of federal tax credits and $650,000 of state credits, among other sources.
“Fingers crossed and assuming construction goes as planned, we hope to be leasing up and opened in summer 2027,” wrote Cathy Alderman, chief communications officer for the coalition.
For the record, the pancake place was pretty good.
