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    Aurora threatens closure of two troubled apartment complexes

    By By Seth Klamann | The Denver Post,

    4 hours ago
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    Aurora officials have threatened to imminently close two long-troubled apartment complexes at the center of a national firestorm unless their owner takes “quick and immediate steps” to address crime and “deterioration” of the properties, according to letters sent to the owners that were obtained by The Denver Post on Thursday.

    In two letters sent Sept. 20, Aurora Police Chief Todd Chamberlain told CBZ Management and its Colorado owner, Zev Baumgarten , that two complexes on Dallas Street — the Edge of Lowry and 200 Columbia apartments — are “criminal nuisance properties.” Chamberlain told Baumgarten and CBZ that he would authorize a civil proceeding directing the properties be closed as soon as Sept. 30 if problems there aren’t addressed.

    This week the city also issued a municipal court summons to Baumgarten because of a litany of health code violations related to another CBZ property in Aurora, the Whispering Pines complex on Helena Street, according to a copy of the summons obtained by The Post. It’s at least the third municipal summons issued against Baumgarten in recent years because of CBZ’s failure to fix conditions at its Aurora properties, and the inspection and summons triggered fears among Whispering Pines residents that their homes could be shuttered next.

    In one of his letters to CBZ, Chamberlain wrote that the “uptick in violent crime and the physical condition of the properties present a significant public safety concern.” One call for service placed last month at 200 Columbia was for murder, according to the letter. Chamberlain also noted the “extensive criminal call history,” at the Edge of Lowry apartments, the property that sparked a national firestorm about gang takeovers last month after a resident shared video of armed men in her hallway.

    Chamberlain also noted numerous violations issued to CBZ over the condition of the properties. Those violations, Chamberlain wrote, “have not yet been addressed.”

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    Aurora has gained national attention following allegations that it had been "taken over" by the Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua. Denver7 has been following this story from the beginning. Previous coverage can be found below in chronological order, with the latest story located at the top. The city of Aurora and Venezuelan gang activity

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    Plumb Joy
    16m ago
    The city leaders are out of fing control and should be sued, landlords are not cops, have no arrest powers. It's on the city to control crime, why aren't they? If a jewelry business was repeatedly robbed and burglarized would these corrupt city leaders demand the business be closed. Tyrants out of control, don't do business in Aurora, don't be a landlord in Aurora, don't live or visit there.
    Shwacka
    2h ago
    Wait, I thought this was just a right wing conspiracy theory…
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