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Originally Posted by Denver Dweller
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Originally Posted by The Dirt
It's a 3 story apartment building. Lol
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Sorry to rehash this old news, but at first I was excited about the development. I work at Anschutz and have really seen the area transformed over the years. Gone are the abandoned rent by the hour hotels and boarded up discount stores and we now see class A office space, and some ugly, but rent by the night hotels. A good street view of the area goes back to 2007 and the change is pretty significant:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7401351,...VCjSmyDND_AxqhkzXYXgew!2e0!7i3328!8i1664
So why am I disappointed by a 3 story apartment that replaces an empty lot? Because it is less than a quarter mile from the 225 (R) line stop and could support something much bigger. There are over 4,000 students at that campus with another 1,000 medical residents. That is a large population of people that would like to live near their work or school. I'm not even including the tens of thousands of professional that work on the campus that will only increase with the completion of the VA hospital. With only one apartment complex on campus and prices starting at $1200 for a 700 sq ft apartment (to live in Aurora), there seems to be a lot of opportunity to build something bigger and hopefully somewhat more affordable and give some students and residents the chance to live near school/work but have easy access to public transportation.
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