A nearly 50-year-old two-story building with a modernistic design may soon undergo renovation work in downtown Grand Junction.
Located at 359 Main Street, the nearly 53,000-square-foot structure has for years served as a Wells Fargo bank outlet and is particularly distinguished for a chrome buffalo sculpture that stands to the front of the structure.
The banking giant closed its operations in the building in the summer of 2023, explaining that changing customer behavior, particularly the increasing use of online banking, lessened the need for a physical bank. Wells Fargo has three other locations in Grand Junction.
The Main Street structure, which is designated as a Class B building, was on the market for roughly a year with an asking price of $5.9 million before the nonprofit Hilltop Community Resources announced its intention to buy it.
Hilltop, which provides resources for aging adults, individuals with brain injuries, and prenatal care, among other services, has said that the building will house its administrative and information technology offices.
Plans additionally call for Hilltop to move its family resources center, which has been housed at 1129 Colorado Avenue, roughly a mile to the west, into the former Wells Fargo structure.
The exact details of the renovation work planned for the Main Street structure, which was last upgraded in 1995, have not been disclosed, although reports indicate that Hilltop will keep the chrome buffalo in its honored place.
January 9, 2025
By Garry Boulard
Photo courtesy of Loopnet
