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An investor is targeting Denver’s neglected properties. These owners and neighbors aren’t having it.
Justine Sandoval walks through her family home in Denver's Curtis Park neighborhood on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. The house, which is listed on the city's neglected and derelict building list, has been owned by her family since the 1940s. Sandoval has been working to fix it up and get it off the list. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
While several neighbors previously told The Denver Post that they appreciated the investor taking the initiative to deal with these problem properties, others are now expressing concern.
A black bear rests on a cottonwood tree branch in the back yard of a house near Roger’s Grove in Longmont, Colorado, on Thursday, July 10, 2025. (Photo by Matthew Jonas/Longmont Times-Call)
The vacant lot at 1028 North Acoma Street that used to be a credit union is planned to be developed into a small park in the Golden Triangle neighborhood, as seen on Thursday, August 6, 2026, in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
FILE – A for sale sign stands outside a single-family residence on the market May 22, 2024, in southeast Denver.
Denver home sales play it cool in an otherwise hot July
By Aldo Svaldi
The number of closings fell nearly 12% from June and are down 5.7% over the...
Monica Villela poses for a portrait in front of her home in Denver on Thursday, April 17, 2025. Villela has been fighting to keep her home for more than three years after the Town Center Metro District sold the home at a foreclosure auction for unpaid fines. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Denver family’s home lost to foreclosure sits empty in legal limbo: ‘The system feels like gangsters’
Welcome to Realty LLC, who bought the house, now wants the Colorado Supreme Court to...
An image of Renewal Church at 3120 Irving St., in Denver, taken in May 2021. (Image courtesy of Google Maps)
Six new homes proposed on West Highland church property in Denver
Ionic, a Denver-based real estate firm, has filed plans with the city to redevelop a...
A St. Louis PBS station is suing a Denver data center over access to its 70-year archive of programming. (AP Photo / Katie Oyan, File)
70 years of St. Louis history is stuck in a Denver data center, PBS station claims
A St. Louis PBS station says its 70-year archive of programming is stuck in a...
Rep. Emily Sirota, right, talks with Rep. Kyle Brown in the House chamber of the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver on Thursday, April 2, 2026. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Colorado lawmakers said no to private equity for law firms — but most attempts to rein it in have faltered
Colorado lawmakers have run into philosophical opposition and worries that too big of a swing...
The Denver skyline on Monday, May 4, 2026. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)
Colorado won’t be competitive without education, housing and labor (Letters)
By DP Opinion
Education, housing and labor are also essential components to competitiveness, but I see no one...
A Cargill meatpacking plant worker is picketing on Main Street in Fort Morgan, Colorado on Wednesday, July 15, 2026. The meatpacking company has locked out its workers and shuttered its plant after Teamsters Local Union 455 was agitating for a new contract. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Cargill’s heavy-handed shutdown for union employees in Fort Morgan explains the rise in democratic socialism (Letters)
By DP Opinion
"When workers can’t pay for healthcare, college, food, housing, energy they are being deprived of...
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston delivers remarks during the State of the City at the Livestock Center at the National Western Center in Denver on Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (Photo by Harmon Dobson/The Denver Post)
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston promises universal childcare in State of City speech
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston plans to announce a universal childcare program Tuesday night in his...
A neglected property photographed at 1632 York St. in Denver on Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
How an investor capitalized on Denver’s neglected property problem
John Crays has tackled Denver's neglected and derelict property list through civil court actions designed...
Construction crews work on the exterior of the Cottonwoods at Mid Valley in August 2025. The new, deed-restricted housing development in Steamboat Springs is aimed at providing affordable housing for local workers and retirees. (Photo by John F. Russell/Steamboat Pilot & Today)
Three-quarters of Coloradans are worried they can’t afford to live here, poll finds
The responses suggested a significant minority expected further financial strains in the coming year.