Those looking to buy foreclosed commercial property, particularly in Colorado areas, are waiting for further news on the Express Inn. Peoples National Bank of Colorado Springs is reportedly seeking foreclosure on the Grot Cimarron LLC loan worth $2.2 million. According to county records, around $1.3 million of the loan have yet to be paid.
However, nonprofit organization C-C Boarding Home Annex is reportedly interested in purchasing the property, which has grabbed headlines early last year for providing lodgings to homeless people and families who saw their properties become Denver foreclosure homes or have been repossessed in some other parts of the state. The nonprofit program specializes in helping low income and homeless people get lodgings in apartments and hotel rooms.
When the number of Colorado foreclosure homes rose, more people sought help in finding places where they can stay. C-C Boarding assists these people by finding places in hotels and other rental dwellings to house them in. According to local reports, the nonprofit sublets rooms at the Express Inn and asks people to pay as low as $15 each day for rooms. Those who stay in C-C Boarding-supported premises are also given access to transportation and social services. Meanwhile, Peoples National Bank is reportedly willing to allow C-C Boarding to purchase the property.
Officials from the nonprofit program reportedly stated that whenever news emerge that there is a chance to buy foreclosed commercial property in the area, some people think that it is a bad thing. However, they revealed that for them, the deal would be a great benefit since they will be able to do more if they owned the property. The group is confident that the deal will be completed before April ends.
Local reports also revealed that the property is set to be auctioned off and offered to investors who buy foreclosures on the sixth of July. The Express Inn was highlighted in local reports last year, when it offered rooms and beds to over 100 homeless people in the area under a grant-supported initiative. The tenants who were given the chance to stay at the inn were reportedly part of the tent communities that have emerged in the region when the foreclosure crisis started.
Local market observers have stated that the purpose of C-C Boarding to buy foreclosed commercial property and use it to help the homeless is a good thing for the neighborhood. The nonprofit has reportedly been in the business of helping the needy since 2008.



