Bye-bye B&B: The Pearl Street Inn in Boulder is being converted to private residences.
The historic main house, now a sales and construction center for Anderson Bros. Contracting at 1820 Pearl St., will be renovated into a private residence after the firm completes construction of three new townhouses on the site where the former guest rooms stood.
The 1,450-square-foot townhouses will sell for up to $1.3 million apiece, said Jayson Cote, head of lifestyle development for Anderson.
Green tour: The Colorado Renewable Energy Society is hosting the Denver Tour of Solar and Green Built Homes on Oct. 7.
The tour, part of the American Solar Energy Society’s National Solar Tour, showcases homes and buildings that embrace energy-efficient design and take advantage of a variety of renewable-energy alternatives.
Among the 14 homes and two businesses featured on the tour, one home is made of a concrete structural insulated panel system, one home uses earth sheltering to moderate temperatures, and others have been remodeled using solar photovoltaic panels to supply electricity or solar thermal panels for hot water.
Cost of the tour is $20 per carload, or a guided bus tour is available for $35 a person. To reserve a seat on the bus, call 303-806-5317.
Classic Colfax: Want a firsthand look at what’s luring investors, business and residents back to Colfax Avenue? Take a tour Thursday with the Colorado District Council of the Urban Land Institute.
Featured projects on the tour will include the new Tattered Cover retail complex, a redevelopment of the old Lowenstein Theatre; The Lodge, an affordable apartment project at 1443 Elizabeth St.; Masters’ Bible Church at 1477 Columbine St.; The Pinnacle at City Park South, a 27-story residential tower; and the RockBar, a classic Colfax dive bar that was recently renovated.
To register, visit www.ulicolorado.org.
Realtors pony up: The Colorado Association of Realtors Housing Opportunity Foundation has donated $479,068 to 72 nonprofit housing organizations.
The recipients ranged from the Gateway Battered Women’s Shelter in Aurora to the United Way Homeless Prevention Initiative in Fort Collins to the Routt County Foundation for Senior Citizens in Steamboat Springs.
CARHOF was created to support homeless programs, crisis shelters, affordable housing and down-payment assistance programs in Colorado.
Staff writer Margaret Jackson can be reached at 303-954-1473 or mjackson@denverpost.com.
