The Aurora City Council sided with the developer Monday night
planned townhome development in the East Colfax corridorThe Grand Avenue project, slated for portions of Akron and Alton streets in northwest Aurora, is expected to bring 53 new units to a vacant lot in the area, each priced around $550,000. The city’s planning commission unanimously approved the proposal, and those in favor of the development say it’s adding much-needed housing inventory to an area where crimes continue to occur.
“It’s one thing if we were tearing down low-income property to replace it with higher-income properties,” Coffman said. “It’s another thing when we have a vacant parcel that is just crime infested, that’s just a blight on the neighborhood. To be able to redevelop that into something … this will make a difference.”
Only four City Council members voted against the project on Monday — Council members Juan Marcano, Crystal Murillo, Alison Coombs and Ruben Medina.
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