Chef Jose Avila is cooking something up in Ballpark.
The owner of La Diabla and Malinche Audiobar purchased two retail buildings at 2223 and 2227 Larimer Street last week for $870,000, according to public records.
The buildings sit next to each other and total 5,200 square feet. That works out to $168 per square foot in the deal.
The chef declined to share his plans for the properties. He does not own the real estate for his other restaurants.
“For the moment I’m going to keep the project confidential,” he said to BusinessDen via text.
The 2227 Larimer building was last home to Charlie’s 2nd Hand Tools, which closed late last year after operating there for 80 years. Avila said he will keep the business’s sign displayed.
Just two doors down is La Diabla, Avila’s restaurant serving up pozole, the Mexican soup. The other building, 2223 Larimer, has apartments up top and vacant retail space below.
The estate of Dorothy J. Rosenblatt was the seller in the deal. The property had been in the Rosenblatt family for decades, property records show.
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