Longmont set to play eminent domain card for Twin Peaks Mall
“Longmont city officials might force retailer Dillard’s to sell its building at the Twin Peaks Mall, if the department store’s representatives do not agree to a final offer of a plan to redevelop the mall…
Hancock touts 6 Denver urban-renewal proposals
“Denver Mayor Michael Hancock on Tuesday outlined six projects he’d like the Denver Urban Renewal Authority to tackle in coming years with income from tax districts that were established in 1992 and are set to…
Denver Mayor Hancock seeks $70 million for new downtown development
“Denver Mayor Michael Hancock on Tuesday proposed extending urban renewal financing mechanisms to raise up to $70 million for downtown projects, including a school, a park and an upgrade of the 16th Street Mall. In…
Aurora to vote loan of up to $4 million for Fanfare property
“Aurora’s Urban Renewal Authority on Monday will vote on a proposal to receive a loan of up to $4 million from the city’s water department — a move that takes Aurora a step closer to…
Fort Collins City Council delays decision on eminent domain mall development
“Fort Collins City Council has postponed until Jan. 15 its decision on whether to invoke eminent domain to roust Sears from the Foothills Mall. A vote originally was scheduled for the next council meeting on…
It’s wrong for city officials to threaten Foothills Mall Sears with eminent domain
“ears owns its building in the mall and has rejected an offer to sell the premises to developers Alberta Development Partners and Walton Street Capital, who purchased the mall in July. Fort Collins officials have…
Accord may open door for ouster of Sears
“In agreement approved Thursday between the Fort Collins City Council, acting as the Urban Renewal Authority, and the new owners of Foothills Mall could begin to formalize the city’s ability to take land by eminent…
North Nevada default hurts only bond investors
“While a default on $55 million in revenue bonds to pay for infrastructure at University Village Colorado doesn’t seem to come with many consequences, there likely will be some cleanup required. When the Colorado Springs…
California Redevelopment Agencies Abused Their Powers & Should Never Return
“The California legislature recently dissolved the state’s redevelopment agencies, notoriously the nation’s worst abusers of eminent domain—when the government condemns perfectly fine properties not for public use, but for private development. California should stand firm…
Mayor Bach disputes with Colorado Springs Urban Renewal Authority
“A dispute between Mayor Bach and Jim Cann of the Urban Renewal Authority has come to Surface concerning 1.25M fee for Ivywild Project. Colorado Springs Mayor Steve Bach comments on the Ivywild Project at the…