This is a view of a failed condo development near Sable and Tennessee. Construction started on the project in 2005, at least laying out the streets, but it was never finished, and has sat abandoned for 12 years. There also was graffiti on the back wall, but I think it has been removed now.
Century is responsible for an unfinished condo project it started in 2005 at East Tennessee Avenue and Sable Boulevard where residents have long complained about it being an “eyesore” and a dumping ground. “We’re perplexed why the city would allow them to screw up another neighborhood when they still have collateral damage at Tennessee and Sable,” At a Jan. 27 [2016] Aurora Planning and Zoning Commission meeting for the project, Century spokeswoman Lisa Albers said the economic downturn prevented Century from completing the East Tennessee Avenue and Sable Boulevard condos. Albers said Century took over ownership of several of those condo units during the recession to keep the site’s HOA funded, and that Century is now being proactive about removing items dumped near the units.
http://www.aurorasentinel.com/news/revised-plan-century-housing-still-danbury-shamrock-neighbors-upset/
How about radically redesigning the area. Put a small plaza with a fountain in the middle, and surround it with 3 story buildings that have retail on the bottom and apartments with balconies on the top 2 floors. The whole area is pretty dense with both retail and condos. And its not that far, about 4 blocks, from the mall light rail station.
Now that I think about it, this is one of the best candidates for an infill project anywhere in the city. How about have a design competition.
And while I am at it, how about making Sable Boulevard from Iliff to 6th Avenue a main street? And there is another failed development near 2nd & Sable, that could be redeveloped in a similar fashion.
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