For Sale: Self Service Car Wash Louisville, Colorado - LoopNet

Car Wash Brokers, Inc. Listing Broker: Mark Gerhart 303-884-4485 

CONFIDENTIAL LISTING – DO NOT TALK TO EMPLOYEES! 

For Sale: 

Self Service Car Wash 

Louisville, Colorado 

Sale Includes: Fee Simple Interest in Land, Building, Equipment 

and Business 

Asking: $1,300,000 

Atomic Car Wash #2 located at 450 West Dahlia Louisville, Colorado 

Property Description: Self Service Type Car Wash Facility located just off MacCaslin Boulevard at 

Cherry Street and Dahlia Streets in the new Louisville commercial center. This center is located at US 

Highway 36 and MacCaslin Boulevard. This site enjoys excellent visibility, good traffic counts and 

traffic speed. The car wash is impeccably maintained. 

The Atomic Car Wash is a medium sized self service car wash facility and has 4 –Self Service Bays with 

a touchfree in-bay automatic system, vacuums, shampooers, changers, product vending units. This car 

wash is centrally located in the population base of the city of Louisville, Colorado. 

(C) 2008 Car Wash Brokers, Inc. 

600 17 th Street Suite 2800 South Denver, CO 80202 

Property Address: 450 West Dahlia Street Louisville, Colorado


This car wash was constructed in 1992 as a 5-bay wand and brush type car wash. In 2005 one of the self 

service bays was converted to a touch free automatic bay. The wash bay equipment was upgraded to a 

low pressure system, wand and brush system in 2005-2006. All of the equipment for the self service bays 

was thoroughly renovated with modern equipment including credit card scanners in each bay. The PDQ 

Laserwash M5 Series Touchfree in-bay automatic that provides additional wash services to its customers 

and provides a superior car wash without having to exit the vehicle especially during colder weather 

seasons. The Wash Select auto cashier unit for the in-bay automatic accepts cash, credit cards, coins, 

tokens, token notes and provides change for overpayment automatically. 

Changers and validators are provided so customers may exchange cash for coins to operate any of the 

onsite equipment such as vacuums, vending units and activate the car wash bay equipment. Timers in 

each bay indicate to the customer the amount of money necessary to start the wash, time remaining for 

activated bay equipment and additional time that is added when more coins are deposited. The wash bay 

selectors are Ginsan Equipment with an integrated function selector, coin and credit card acceptor, timer 

displays and coin return functions. The wash function selections include tire cleaner/ engine cleaner, 

presoak, high pressure soap, foaming brush soap, high pressure wax, high pressure rinse, super shine 

conditioner, low pressure spot free rinse and stop. There is a centralized credit card processing unit that 

batch processes credit cards transactions each day. . Each self service bay has multilingual direction cards 

and color coordinated selector buttons that are labeled with the individual product or cycle to maximized 

customer convenience and satisfaction. 

The Atomic Car Wash features adjunct equipment such as Adams Industries three-motor upright “Turbo” 

vacuum units, upright shampooer/ vacuum units, fragrance machine with integrated upright vacuum unit, 

drop shelf vending units, Rowe changers and validators and much more. This equipment is provided to 

the car washing customer to provide customer convenience and to enhance the car wash experience. 

The car wash sits on a parcel located just off West Dahlia Street with ingress and egress from a common 

easement private road at the north side of the property. Customers may also exit wash bays to the right 

and exit directly on West Dahlia Street via another driveway owned exclusively by this property. The 

private road to the north of this property shares access with the Bank of the West located just to the north 

of the car wash property. 

The traffic counts and the traffic speeds are very good on West Dahlia and on Cherry Street with a posted 

speed limit of approximately 30 MPH. The car wash enjoys good visibility on Dahlia. Signage is limited 

by the City of Louisville to the backlit monument type sign located on the western property boundary 

along West Dahlia Street. On site traffic patterns allow for up to three cars to queue with one additional 

vehicle in the bay. The automatic may queue up four cars deep directly with additional queuing available 

overflowing into the car wash lot. Vehicles exit via the rear lane of the driveway to the egress (exit) 

apron on West Dahlia Street. 

Louisville, Colorado is located approximately 35 miles north of downtown Denver. Louisville is a 

smaller sized Front Range City with access to other communities via US Highway 36, State Highway 42, 

Northwest Parkway and others. Louisville has is mostly a research and development, software 

development, light manufacturing, engineering, distribution centers and is secondarily the bedroom 

community for other Front Range cities, namely Boulder and Broomfield. Louisville is considered by 

many to be the preferred city to live and work in within Boulder County. 





The car wash is built of institutional brick with steel reinforcing. The driveway, bay floors and bay exits 

are concrete. The bay floors, vending areas, and bay entry and exit aprons contain radian heating systems 

to avoid freeze up during colder weather. The radiant heating system is heated via a hot water boiler 

located in the equipment room. The roof is corrugated steel on steel truss. All hoses and wiring from the 

equipment room to the wash bays are in a heated protected trough located just above the roof. . Self 

service car wash bays are generously sized and can accommodate small to medium sized cube trucks, 

vans, specialty vehicles, RV’s, etc. 

Car wash competition in Louisville and surrounding areas is very limited due to commercial land costs, 

water and sewer tap fees, permitting and other expenses. There are presently two self service car washes 

in the area and one stand alone in-bay automatic at a fueling center. 

Please Note: 

1. This car wash is subject to an easement agreement for the private drive located on the north 

property boundary. 

2. The name Atomic Car Wash, trademarks, service marks and logo with devices are federally 

registered trade marks by the Seller. A right-to-use agreement is required of the Buyer to continue 

to use these trademarked objects from the Seller. 

3. Training may be provided to the Buyer for an initial period of up to two weeks with additional 

training provided as needed with the purchase of the facility. 

4. Financial information concerning this site is confidential and proprietary by nature. A 

confidentiality agreement and financial disclosure of the prospective Buyer will be required to 

release this information. Contact Listing Broker for additional information. 

5. The automatic bay is presently maintained and supplied by a user agreement with the Seller by the 

regional distributor. 





Atomic Car Wash #2 located just off of MacCaslin Boulevard 

at Cherry Street and Dahlia in the new Louisville commercial 

center just behind the new Sam’s Club store. Louisville is 

located approximately 35 miles from Downtown Denver. 





Atomic Car Wash #2 Louisville from north east corner 

Atomic Car Wash #2 Parcel Map (©2008 Boulder County Assessor Office, Photo 2006) 





Location Description: The car wash is located on West Dahlia Street, about 100 feet from Cherry Street 

and about 1 block from MacCaslin Boulevard and is located in the city of Louisville, Colorado. Cherry 

Street is one of the major East – West thoroughfares in Louisville. The car wash is located just behind 

Sam’s Club and Safeway supermarket. There are approximately 84 consumer oriented stores and 

businesses located within the MacCaslin Boulevard commercial district. 

Site Inspections and Due Diligence: Inspections on this property will be coordinated through the Listing 

Broker. Inspections shall be limited to the prospective Buyer and any backup offers that the Seller 

chooses, if any. 

Please Note: Car Wash Brokers, Inc. (CWB) has gathered this information through sources that we deem 

reliable at the time of preparation to create this promotional material. CWB has not made any 

investigation, and makes no warranty or representation with respect to the income or expenses for the 

subject property, the future projected financial performance of the property, the size and square footage of 

the property and improvements, the presence or absence of contaminating substances, lead based paint, 

hazardous chemicals, asbestos, or compliance with Federal, State, and local regulations, the physical 

condition of improvements and/or FF&E, or the condition of the property. Changes to this document and 

to the subject property may occur at any time without notice. Due diligence shall be conducted by the 

prospective Buyer at their own expense and their own risk. Neither the Seller nor CWB represents nor 

warrants this property for a particular use or purpose. CWB has not verified, and will not verify, any of 

the information contained herein, nor has CWB conducted any investigation regarding these matters and 

make no warranty or representation whatsoever regarding the accuracy or completeness of the 

information provided. 

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Physical Address: 450 West Dahlia Street Louisville, Colorado 

Legal Description: 

Lot 2 Cheng’s Place, City of Louisville, County of Boulder, State of Colorado 

Deed Type: 

Special Warranty Deed 

Lot Size: 0.53 Acres / 23,272 Square Feet +/- 

Building Size: 2,720 Square Feet 

Year Built: 1992 (Boulder County records) 

Bay Counts: 4- Bay Self Service (Wand, Low Pressure Foam and Brush) Bays 

1 – PDQ Laserwash M5 Touch free Automatic Bay 

Car Wash Property Taxes: 

Real Property Tax 2007: $8,077 

Personal Property Tax 2007: $1,776 





Land Use: 

Zoning: 

Commercial, Special Purpose 

Commercial 

Building Construction: 

Steel and concrete brick 

Driveway and aprons are concrete 

Roof is corrugated steel with steel frame 

Stories: 1 

Traffic Counts (2006): 

West Dahlia Street is (to be determined) vehicles per day 

Cherry Street is (to be determined) vehicles per day 

Total Adult Population Density (est. 2007): 

1-Mile - 6,731 

3-Mile - 27,498 

5-Mile - 69,166 

Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment Description**: 

2 – Upright Stainless Steel Vacuums 

1 – Upright Shampooer/ Vacuum Unit 

3 – Fragrance/ Vacuum Machine 

Ginsan Chemical Mixing System 

4 – CAT pumps 

4 – Motors for high pressure pumps 

Mixing tanks, stainless steel with solenoids 

Air flow valves 

Hydro minders 

Flojet air pumps 

4 – Low pressure booms 

4 – High pressure hoses with trigger guns and wands 

4- Low pressure hoses with foaming brush attachments 

Ginsan Bay Control Boxes with coin accepter and credit card scanner 

4 – Ginsan timers with purge function 

PDQ Laserwash M5 In-Bay Automatic System with rail system, mounts, guides, mixing 

tanks, air flow valves, Hydro minder, CAT 3535 pump and motor 

Superior Blow Drying System – 3 Fans and motors for same 

Equipment Room Shelving 

Ladder – Extension Type 

Replacement hoses and wands, brushes, etc. 

Vending supplies left in equipment room and in outdoor vending units on the property 





In Bay Directional Signage 

Miscellaneous parts and supplies in equipment room 

Weep Mizer System 

2 – Hot Water Boilers 

1 - Reznor Gas forced air furnace for equipment room – ceiling mounted 

2 - Rowe Changer Units with validators 

1 – Wash Select Automatic Cashier unit with credit card scanner and validator 

4 - Stainless steel trash enclosure tops and assemblies 

4 – Drop shelf vending units 

Spot-Free Reverse Osmosis Water System 

Water Softener System 

Air Compressor 

** There are no representations or warranties with regard to the condition or the functionality of the 

property and FF&E herein. Contact Listing Broker for additional information. 

Special Notes: This property is subject to an easement agreement with the bank property located across 

the private drive directly to the north of the car wash property. 





Louisville Population Data and Demographic Data Summary 

Louisville and surrounding significant community’s population data and demographic profiles may also 

be found at the following sites: 

• Louisville (pop. 19,000) http://www.ci.louisville.co.us/about.htm 

• Lafayette (pop. 25,000) http://chamber.lafayette.co.us; and 

• Broomfield (pop. 38,000) http://www.broomfieldchamber.org/population.asp 

Population 1-mi. 3-mi. 5-mi. 

2007 Male Population 4,562 18,341 44,912 

2007 Female Population 4,561 18,016 44,159 

% 2007 Male Population 50.01% 50.45% 50.42% 

% 2007 Female 

Population 

2007 Total Adult 

Population 

2007 Total Daytime 

Population 

2007 Total Daytime 

Work Population 

49.99% 49.55% 49.58% 

6,731 27,498 69,166 

8,654 34,367 95,045 

5,464 20,777 60,115 

Atomic Car Wash #2 Louisville, Colorado Population Density Map 

The information above has been obtained from sources believed reliable. While we do not doubt its accuracy we have not verified it and make 

no guarantee, warranty or representation about it. It is your responsibility to independently confirm its accuracy and completeness. Any 

projections, opinions, assumptions, or estimates used are for example only and do not represent the current or future performance of the 

property. The value of this transaction to you depends on tax and other factors which should be evaluated by your tax, financial, and legal 

advisors. You and your advisors should conduct a careful, independent investigation of the property to determine to your satisfaction the 

suitability of the property for your needs. 





Atomic Car Wash #2 Neighborhood Satellite View 

Atomic Car Wash #2 Birds Eye View 





Atomic Car Wash #2 Louisville Exit View near Automatic Bay Air Dryers 

Atomic Car Wash #2 Louisville Touch Free Automatic Bay Entry Featuring the PDQ Laserwash M5 





Atomic Car Wash #2 PDQ Laserwash M5 in Bay Automatic in Action 

Atomic Car Wash #2 Automatic Bay Auto cashier Unit and Marketing Tool 





Atomic Car Wash #2 Self Service Bay with new Selector Sets and Credit Card Readers 

Atomic Car Wash #2 Self Service Bay and Encased Coin Vault 





Atomic Car Wash #2 Changer and Vending Area 

Atomic Car Wash #2 Some of the Vacuum and Shampooer Units 





Atomic Car Wash #2 PDQ Laserwash M5 Touchfree In-Bay Automatic Gantry and Directional Signage 

Atomic Car Wash #2 Laserwash Bay 





Atomic Car Wash #2 A.L.T.A. Survey

For Sale: Self Service Car Wash Louisville, Colorado - LoopNet

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