The former Clarion Inn, a 9-floor hotel about 5 miles to the north of downtown Denver, will soon be repurposed as a transitional housing complex with up to 215 residential units.
The Denver-based nonprofit Colorado Coalition for the Homeless has purchased the property at 200 W. 48th Avenue for $24 million, with plans to begin an upgrading of the 40 year-old hotel soon.
What is being called Renewal Village is also receiving some $4 million in federal funds via the recent 2023 fiscal year appropriations bill to create 108 supportive housing units and 107 units of transitional housing.
That $4 million will target cooling and heating system upgrades, the installation of a fire sprinkler system, and the building of new kitchenettes.
In a statement, John Parvensky, chief executive officer of the Coalition, said the upgrades to the one-time hotel will “transform the lives of those who will become the Coalition’s newest residents in 2023.”
Funding for the purchase of the Clarion came via a combination of the Denver Office of Housing Stability, the Division of Housing with the Colorado Department of Local Affairs, and Adams County.
The Coalition, which was formed in the early 1990s, is tasked with reducing homelessness, offering assistance to more than 22,000 individuals and families annually. The organization currently operates nearly two dozen properties providing housing to around 4,000 people every night.
The modernistically curved-shaped Clarion building was formerly branded as a Quality Inn, and before that, a Travelodge Hotel.
By Garry Boulard
