Auto services are returning to a site at the edge of downtown Denver after a deal that illustrates how development has cooled.

The 2000 N. Broadway property was home to a Firestone shop for more than a half-century. But the tire company closed the shop in recent years after selling the property in 2021 to Tennessee-based GBT Realty Corp.

GBT, a development firm, paid $5.4 million for the property and submitted plans to Denver proposing a 25-story residential building.

But the project never broke ground. And last week, GBT sold the property to Greenwood Village-based investment firm Leeds West Group, founded by Judd Shader.

Leeds West operates stores under the Midas, Big O Tires, and SpeeDee Oil brands. The Broadway site will become a Big O shop.

Records show the buyer paid $3.5 millio

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