KGNU buys downtown Boulder office building for new radio studio

BOULDER — Boulder community radio station KGNU is moving into a new headquarters following the purchase of a new downtown office building.

The 45-year-old station, through holding company Boulder Community Broadcast Association LLC, bought the 10,000-square-foot office building at 1720 14th St. from 1720 Building LLC for $3.3 million, Boulder County real estate records show. 

KGNU had considered overhauling its existing home at 4700 Walnut St., but leaders ultimately “concluded that the purchase of a new space in a more accessible location, rather than a remodel, would cause less disruption to operations and better serve Boulder’s creative community,” the station said.

At the…