Sad Tattered Cover Lodo Is Converting To A Single Floor But Happy They’re Staying At All

Well, I had both good news and bad news given to me last night. The good news is that Tattered Cover will not be moving out of their Lodo location. However, the bad news is that it will soon only have a single floor there. Sad and happy, bad news and good.

The Lodo location has always been my favorite, though I tend to spend more time at the Colfax store. It’s just such a cool building and I love going there.

However, I understand what is going on with the rising cost of Lodo real estate. A ton of restaurants and such have already had to flee the 16th street mall due to rising costs. Since the Tattered Cover Lodo lease was up soon, I was worried it would happen to them. After all, the owner can get much more for the space than any bookstore can currently support.

But, the Tattered Cover did better than I thought they were going to be able to do. They weren’t able to renew for all of the current space they hold, but they aren’t going to have to move. I was told last night that they’re still going to have the first floor…but they will have to give up the second to new tenants.

The beloved event space will be gone. My book’s current hangout in the upstairs fiction section will have to go. I imagine they’ll consolidate books downstairs and move some offices to Colfax, but they’ll do fine. Tattered Cover is strong.

So, though I’m sad that the Lodo location is going to be smaller than it has been since I’ve known it, at least they’re not having to move. Gotta look for the good, right?