CORRECTED
44 Years Ago
As shown in the May 5, 1981, Colorado Transcript, an office building was under construction at 16th and Jackson, across from Safeway.
In 1975, local attorney Ron Weiszmann had proposed a 5-story building for that site. The locals thought that was inappropriate for that spot. Planning Commission and City Council refused to permit a building of that height.
In 1981, Weiszmann built the three-story building that we see today. The "Presidents Washington Industrial Bank," which Weiszmann owned, was the first tenant. In 1987 Weiszmann filed for bankruptcy. The state later seized the two banks that he owned and liquidated the assets.
The office building was foreclosed upon in 1990, and Golden Equities, the real estate division of Adolph Coors Company, bought it. The building has had several owners and many tenants in the intervening years. The School of Mines began renting space in the building beginning in 2009 and bought it for $4.9 million in 2017.
NOTE: An earlier version of this article said that the 1969 post office collapse had occurred on this site. That was incorrect: the post office collapsed in the next block south, on the other side of 17th Street. That was also the block where Leo Bradley had made an earlier attempt to build a high-rise.
