West Metro Fire Protection District purchased this building in Lakewood at 7475 W. 5th Ave. for the land beneath it. (Google Maps)
This office deal truly was a fire sale.
The West Metro Fire Protection District, which serves a large swath of Jefferson County, purchased the small 1970s building on three-fourths of an acre at 7475 W. 5th Ave. in Lakewood last month for $1.8 million, according to public records.
The district plans to demolish the office building and construct a fire station on site, spokeswoman Ronda Scholting said.
“The area around 5th and Wadsworth is one of our busiest areas,” Scholting said in an email. “We had a third party firm take an overall look at the district and how we could enhance our response times.”
“It was determined that building a new station would allow us to better serve residents and businesses by meeting the districtwide benchmark of a 4½ minute drive time (or less) from the fire station to the call address.”
The deal works out to $52 a square foot for the land. The seller of the 5th Avenue property, Torres Mexican Food Inc., purchased the building in September 2021 for $1.97 million, records show. They did not return a BusinessDen request for comment.
West Metro has not identified a source of funding for the new station or gone through the design process, Scholting said. As a result, the cost and project timeline is unclear.
West Metro has 17 fire stations across its roughly 100-square-mile district. It serves approximately 300,000 people in Lakewood, Morrison, Golden, Wheat Ridge and Edgewater, according to its website. It also serves unincorporated sections of Jefferson and a small part of Douglas County.
West Metro Fire Protection District purchased this building in Lakewood at 7475 W. 5th Ave. for the land beneath it. (Google Maps)
This office deal truly was a fire sale.
The West Metro Fire Protection District, which serves a large swath of Jefferson County, purchased the small 1970s building on three-fourths of an acre at 7475 W. 5th Ave. in Lakewood last month for $1.8 million, according to public records.
The district plans to demolish the office building and construct a fire station on site, spokeswoman Ronda Scholting said.
“The area around 5th and Wadsworth is one of our busiest areas,” Scholting said in an email. “We had a third party firm take an overall look at the district and how we could enhance our response times.”
“It was determined that building a new station would allow us to better serve residents and businesses by meeting the districtwide benchmark of a 4½ minute drive time (or less) from the fire station to the call address.”
The deal works out to $52 a square foot for the land. The seller of the 5th Avenue property, Torres Mexican Food Inc., purchased the building in September 2021 for $1.97 million, records show. They did not return a BusinessDen request for comment.
West Metro has not identified a source of funding for the new station or gone through the design process, Scholting said. As a result, the cost and project timeline is unclear.
West Metro has 17 fire stations across its roughly 100-square-mile district. It serves approximately 300,000 people in Lakewood, Morrison, Golden, Wheat Ridge and Edgewater, according to its website. It also serves unincorporated sections of Jefferson and a small part of Douglas County.
