Another set of old manufacturing buildings is being torn down in RiNo. But unlike the boom times of the 2010s, what will happen to the site next is anybody’s guess.

“At the current point, we’ve got no real plans in place,” said Dean Koelbel, a third generation member of the family real estate firm Koelbel & Co.

The company hired Denver’s American Demolition to tear down four industrial buildings and two trailers at 3400 Brighton Blvd., next door to the Source Hotel. Work began last week.

In the spring, Koelbel submitted plans to Denver for an apartment complex on the 2.2-acre property. But the firm is also considering selling the land instead.

“Those buildings were just attracting transients and they caught on fire a couple of times, so we felt we needed to get them torn down for liabi

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