2009 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 10:10:10 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Gates Rubber setback, Denver, Colorado
 
Money woes foil Gates factory real estate plans
The rubber firm takes land back as financing falters for developers.

By Margaret Jackson
The Denver Post (CO)
September 12, 2009

The much-touted redevelopment of the old Gates Rubber factory south of downtown has become the latest victim of the financial meltdown plaguing the real estate industry.

The project, which would have been Denver's largest redevelopment since Stapleton, was expected to cost $1 billion and take up to 15 years to complete. The city had pledged $85 million in public financing toward cleaning up the site and rebuilding it into a residential and retail hub designed around access to public transportation.

Developers originally projected the city would gain 2,500 housing units and 5,000 permanent jobs from the project, boosting city tax revenues.

But with developer Cherokee Denver unable to get financing to continue environmental remediation, Gates Corp. has taken a portion of the 50-acre site back.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_13320307?source=email

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Lenny Siegel
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