Fitzsimons Promenade

Source: http://www.bushdevelopment.com/imgs-projects/View%20AFitz.jpg

Fitzimons Promenade is the planned development on the southeast corner of Colfax and Peoria that will replace the abandoned Safeway.  Too bad this drawing was made EIGHT YEARS AGO and nothing has happened since.

The building in the background is Cedar Crest Condos.  In the drawing above it doesn't look too bad, but it is a truly hideous decaying building that should be condemned.  (But where else can you buy a condo in Aurora for $32,000?)  But it won't be, and instead will continue to depress the surrounding area.  I think a developer would have to buy out the building in order to continue with the development.  But that won't be so easy now, because it is condos, and the unit owners will demand an exorbitant price to leave.

So there sits the decaying abandoned Safeway building, probably forever.

Fitzsimons Village

The Unfinished Suburbs of America

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/11/the-unfinished-suburbs-of-America/382707/

Empty lots can cause wildfires and flooding contamination, and can bring down the property values of nearby homes. They can also cost local governments money that they don't necessarily have, since the municipalities may have to provide public safety or snow removal to far-flung areas, without the benefit of the property taxes that had been expected.  It's unclear just how to 'fix' these zombie subdivisions. While some will be completed as the economy recovers, others may lie dormant for a long time. That’s especially true now that many young people and boomers want to live in walkable, urban environments, rather than subdivisions where they have to drive to everything.

40th Avenue and Chambers

Just north of I-70, to the west of Chambers Blvd, was an abandoned motel with all the windows broken out and covered with graffiti.  I can't find any photos of the site.  The address appears to be 15100 E 40th Avenue.

There was a proposal to build a nightclub there which was denied.  See
http://www.denverpost.com/aurora/ci_26046638/aurora-council-kills-plans-late-night-events-center

"AURORA — City council shot down plans from a developer who wanted to turn a derelict hotel into a night club that would host events until 2 a.m.

The planning commission had denied the plan, and Aurora City Council upheld that decision, effectively killing plans for an event center at 40th Avenue and Chambers Road. Neighbors had argued that a nightclub would destroy the peace in the community.

The manager of Chambers Road Enterprise, Michael Smith, presented his site plan to council at a recent regular meeting. He requested that council override the planning commission decision to deny it, which included a conditional use permit to stay open until 2 a.m. every day, and a waiver of reconsideration regarding insufficient parking for his proposed capacity of 3,000 people.

"The area that we're trying to redevelop is basically a rundown hotel facility," Smith said. "The property has been vacant for 10 years ... I bought it in a distressed condition and I'm trying to develop (it) into a commercial use."

The motel has now been demolished and there is earth-moving equipment there.  I wonder what the plans are.

Update:  A warehouse is being built there now and the project is called Confluent Center 70.  How boring.

12016 E Colfax

What will happen here?

It used to be the Bolleana Motel.

http://www.colfaxavenue.com/2013/11/colfax-history-boll-e-ana-motel.html

Peoria Crossing

This is a new development just north of the Fitzsimons Innovation Campus (formerly the Fitzsimons Life Science District).

Aurora, Colo. (May 20, 2015)—The Housing Authority of the City of Aurora has awarded Palace Construction a design-build contract to manage the design and construction of the Peoria Crossing project located in Aurora. Humphries Poli Architects will work with Palace Construction to create a vision and design for the new development, which is anticipated to have up to 220 apartment homes. The development is located at East 30th Avenue and Peoria Street in Aurora. The construction project is valued at $31 million, with a total investment of approximately $40 million in Aurora.
--Palace Construction Awarded Peoria Crossing Project with the Housing Authority of the City of Aurora




http://peoriacrossing.org/plans-drawings/october-2014-denver-regional-council-of-govt-artist-renditions/