{"id":6227,"date":"2016-03-02T20:54:55","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T03:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=6227"},"modified":"2016-03-02T20:54:55","modified_gmt":"2016-03-03T03:54:55","slug":"police-training-facility-continues-holdout-wont-sell-to-forest-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=6227","title":{"rendered":"Police Training Facility Continues Holdout; Won\u2019t Sell to Forest City"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"police<\/a>The police training facility located on 21st and Akron across from Bill Roberts<\/a> is staying put for now. Forest City has continually pressured the DPD and the City of Denver to sell the valuable real estate to Forest City for development. \u201cIt\u2019s an incredible waste of valuable property,\u201d said Forest City President Phil Dargossi<\/a>. \u201cIt made sense to have it there years ago, but now that this area is actually worth something, we need to put it to better use. There has to be property in Aurora<\/a> Denver could use for their training facility.\u201d Dargossi says that they already have ideas for how the facility would be repurposed. \u201cWe have narrowed it down to a handful of plans involving upper income housing<\/a>, really upper income housing, and super high income housing<\/a>. We also have plans for a small promenade with continually rotating boutiques, mostly due to our unaffordable leasing agreements.\u201d\n\nFor the Denver Police Department\u2019s part, they are not budging. \u201cWe plan to continue to train at our current facility, and do not see a scenario where we will be bought out,\u201d said stubborn police Chief Robert White<\/a>. \u201cTo find a new place to train, build it, and so forth, would take massive police resources that would be better used elsewhere<\/a>.\u201d Dargossi feels the situation can be resolved. \u201cWe are offering a very fair amount,\u201d said Dargossi who refused to get into the specific details. \u201cThe DPD could easily find a more suitable location and purchase a newer and better facility for what we are offering. I feel we eventually will come to terms.\u201d\nResidents in the area have mixed feelings about moving the facility. \u201cIt\u2019s been here for so long, I\u2019m kinda just used to seeing the faux police chases,\u201d said area resident Mitchell Halsor. \u201cI\u2019m sure I could get used to housing being there pretty quick, however.\u201d Other residents like the idea of a police presence. \u201cI know they are not actually there to serve and protect,\u201d said South Ender Robin Walker. \u201cBut, I doubt the bad guys know that. Plus, if something went down, I\u2019m guessing they would act. They would have to, right?\u201d Nantucket Close<\/a> resident Mike Adkins is all for the redevelopment of the land. \u201cI live in The Close<\/a> and I would be extremely pleased if that area was to move on,\u201d said Luke Sorenson. \u201cIt has been an eye sore to many of us since we moved into The Close<\/a>. So much so that some of the original residents have moved out and into the general Stapleton population. It\u2019s very sad.\u201d\nUltimately, Dargossi says the DPD holds the cards, but he feels Forest City can be pretty convincing. \u201cLook, we are a $10 billion company. Money talks, and eventually, the DPD will walk. We will get that land and will develop it so that the South Enders will become a proud neighborhood<\/a>.\u201d]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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