The place “feels like a real bowling alley,” Strubbe said, not like some of the corporate places around town that charge a ton and don’t oil the lanes. “I just assume it won’t be a bowling alley.” “I’m just numb to it at this point,” he said of Wheat Ridge Lanes being put on the market. Strubbe hopes he’s wrong, of course, as does teammate Adri Ordorica. There’s an authenticity that can’t be replicated elsewhere. The COVID-19 pandemic was “a complete pain in the (butt)” for Hanscom. Cleaning every ball and surface was a challenge. He estimates the shutdowns and capacity restrictions cost him somewhere in the neighborhood of $400,000 in sales.īut that’s not why the property is for sale. Business was booming before COVID-19, Hancom said. Time and sky-high property values are the drivers. “I have accomplished all I set out to accomplish here and more, and the place has never been worth more money than it is right now,” he said. West 38th Avenue is a critical strip for Wheat Ridge, a key commercial corridor that has also been earmarked for more housing density. The city’s 2011 38th Avenue Corridor Plan tabs Wheat Ridge Lanes as the eastern end of a half-mile walkable “Main Street” sub-district characterized by independent businesses. That same plan calls for a residential district that starts basically where the bowling alley is and extends eastward to Depew Street. A mix of townhomes, condos and apartments were envisioned in 2011 and the strip is now home to some of that development. It’s not hard to envision those lines blurring.Īnxiety about disappearing neighborhood landmarks and beloved independent businesses is juxtaposed by another reality complicating life in the Denver metro right now: There isn’t enough housing.Ĭlosing prices for homes in the Denver area hit an all-time high in March.
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