The YMCA is leaving downtown Denver.

The gym at 25 E. 16th Ave. will shut down Dec. 30, according to the YMCA of Metro Denver.

The organization said Monday that it plans to sell the 45,000 square feet to the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, which owns the remainder of the building. CCH will turn some of the YMCA space into apartments.

It will be the end of a long run downtown for the YMCA, which constructed its building at the corner of 16th and Lincoln streets in 1906.

“Many YMCAs across the U.S. have seen a downturn post COVID and have been slower to recover given the shift in remote work,” YMCA of Metro Denver spokeswoman Claudia Morlan said in an email. “The Downtown Denver Y was no exception.”

The YMCA of Metro Denver lost $2.2 million on revenue of $26.5 million in 2023, and

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