Something new is cooking at the former Wash Park Grille.

Real estate broker and investor Aaron Grant, of Grant Real Estate Co., purchased the shuttered eatery and its real estate at 1096 S. Gaylord St. in Denver for $6 million last week. The property has been mired in a messy legal battle between one of the restaurant’s owners and the estate of his deceased partner, and was seized by the city for unpaid taxes late last year.

The deal came in at $500,000 below the list price of $6.5 million. The 10,200-square-foot building includes another closed restaurant, Agave Taco Bar, and a 1,400-square-foot office on the second floor. The deal works out to $588 per square foot.

Grant, who lives in Wash Park and owns Park Coworking on the same block, told BusinessDen he bought the real estate with

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