The previous owner of an East Colfax Avenue motel has surrendered his lodging license a month after Denver officials suspended it amid rampant criminal activity at the establishment.
Denver’s Department of Excise and Licenses on Monday accepted owner Daniel Kim’s request to surrender his license to operate the Regis Motel at 8282 E. Colfax Ave., according to city documents.
Kim told The Denver Post last month that he sold the motel earlier this year but forgot to surrender his license. The new owner, Geradette Borrego, never applied for a new license, city officials said. She received a summons from the Denver City Attorney’s Office for operating without a license.
The city took the unusual step in September of suspending the Regis Motel’s license, saying it had become a den for prostitution, drug sales, illegal weapons and burglaries, and was the site of a fatal shooting.
Police said last month that they were continuing to investigate crimes that occurred at the motel.
The move marked the first time the city had issued an immediate suspension to a lodging establishment over serious health and safety concerns.
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