Trader Joe’s is set to bring its trademark groceries and often-chaotic parking lots to Denver’s Platt Park neighborhood.

The national grocery chain filed an application to conduct business at 567 E. Louisiana Ave. in late April. Recently, the city put up a sign at the property to solicit any potential requests for a public hearing on the store’s liquor license application.

But Trader Joe’s would not confirm the new location in Platt Park.

“At this time, we do not have a new location confirmed in Denver,” a spokesperson said via email.

Most of the block was rezoned in 2023. Local developer Kentro Group bought the land — which is mostly home to single-family homes and office buildings — to convert it to a mixed-use development. The new zoning allows for up to 5 stories to be built at the

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