A 7-Eleven convenience store that has operated for more than a decade near East High School is closing.
Merchandise at the 2341 E. Colfax Ave. store is 50% off, with the exception of lottery tickets and tobacco products, according to signs posted outside the store.
The store at the corner of Colfax and Josephine opened in 2011. Its building was erected specifically for 7-Eleven.
The property is owned by Denver-based Kentro Group. Kentro executive Jimmy Balafas said 7-Eleven corporate, which owns the store, sent him a letter about the closure but didn’t explain the reason for it.
Balafas said 7-Eleven’s lease for the property extends another couple years. That means the building could sit unused, although it’s possible someone interested in using the property before then could work something out with the convenience store chain, he said.
“If something does pop up, I’d rather have a full building than not,” Balafas said.
Kentro also owns a former 7-Eleven property in Cap Hill where the bagel store Call Your Mother now operates. And on Monday, the Denver City Council rezoned a Kentro-owned site at 1227 – 1271 S. Pearl St. in Platt Park, which includes another former 7-Eleven.
7-Eleven, meanwhile, recently sued the landlord of one of its LoDo locations.