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Originally Posted by The Dirt
On the flip side, it's better that we grow into BFE rather than along the front range.
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Originally Posted by twister244
Yeah, that's kinda my feeling too. As much as we all hate sprawl, I would rather have it going east into Kansas then west into the hills. Plus, it helps in the overall metro by relieving pressure on the housing market if Aurora can start spitting out thousands of units.
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Originally Posted by Cirrus
The rest of it might happen. The homes and warehouses, sure. The retail, maybe. But 30 million square feet of office space? In the 21st Century gig economy? Outside the favored quarter? Not happening.
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Generally agree about the office space but there's a case to be made (in this case) by Kelly Brough from the article:
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Kelly Brough, president and CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, said the impact of development around DIA can go far beyond the metro area to a national and even international reach.
“What it really does for us as a state is ensure we have the ability to offer that asset,” she said. “There’s no question we understand the asset that is DIA — it’s our port to the world.”
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Traditionally the most intensive development has been along I-25 which is why all the traffic. OTOH, E-470 has taken a — age to add much traffic.
But with the push of continued growth (especially central Denver), Denver metro also needs to push eastward as
The Dirt and
twister244 suggest. It's partly where more affordability can be attained. DIA was destined to be a catalyst, it's just taken a lot longer than originally estimated.
While I-70 gets substantial local (commuter) use it's primary function is as a logistics corridor. From the West Coast, primarily Los Angeles and Long Beach where the lions share of imported goods and services arrive, all the west-east corridors help move things along. Regionally, I-70 is the primary warehouse/distribution area/corridor and sees a continuous movement of goods and services from the eastern plains into the foothills and Western Slope ski and resort areas etc... not to mention the logistics of local, metro and regional distribution.
Think Dallas
While the area around DFW pales in comparison the developing classy Richardson TX on the other (north) end where high level corporate HQ's are flocking, still the office space around DFW/Fort Worth serves a needed and important function. Lots of airline related and logistics related space along with the many industries that service all these industries which presumably includes fabrication facilities also.
Exactly how much office space might develop I couldn't speculate but it will be of a different nature and for a different purpose than what is found downtown and the DTC.
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Hoo Boy, looks like I managed to double post. 
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