AURORA URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY v. KAISER

Court of Appeals No. 20CA1162.

507 P.3d 1033 (2022)

2022 COA 5

AURORA URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY, Corporex Colorado LLC, Fitzsimons Village Metropolitan District No. 1, Fitzsimons Village Metropolitan District No. 2, and Fitzsimons Village Metropolitan District No. 3, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PK KAISER, in his official capacity as Arapahoe County Assessor; and JoAnn Groff, in her official capacity as Colorado State Property Tax Administrator, Defendants-Appellees.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. II.

Announced January 6, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kutak Rock LLP, Daniel C. Lynch , Thomas W. Snyder , Thomas A. Isler , Denver, Colorado; Daniel L. Brotzman , City Attorney, Christine McKenney , Senior Assistant City Attorney, Aurora, Colorado, for Plaintiff-Appellant Aurora Urban Renewal Authority.

Fairfield and Woods P.C., Craig D. Joyce , Lee Katherine Goldstein , Denver, Colorado, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Corporex Colorado LLC, Fitzsimons Village Metropolitan District No. 1, Fitzsimons Village Metropolitan District No. 2, and Fitzsimons Village Metropolitan District No. 3

Ronald A. Carl , County Attorney, John R. Christofferson , Deputy County Attorney, Benjamin P. Swartzendruber , Senior Assistant County Attorney, Littleton, Colorado, for Defendant-Appellee PK Kaiser.

Philip J. Weiser , Attorney General, Robert H. Dodd , First Assistant Attorney General, John H. Ridge , Assistant Attorney General, Jessica E. Ross , Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, for Defendant-Appellee JoAnn Groff.

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP, Carolynne C. White , Christopher O. Murray , Angela J. Hygh , Denver, Colorado, for Amici Curiae Downtown Colorado, Inc., Colorado Municipal Bond Dealers' Association, and National Association for Industrial and Office Parks.

David W. Broadwell , Laurel Witt , Denver, Colorado, for Amicus Curiae Colorado Municipal League.

Hall & Evans, L.L.C., Andrew D. Ringel , Denver, Colorado, for Amicus Curiae Colorado Counties, Inc.


¶ 1 This case addresses the financing of urban renewal projects under Colorado's Urban Renewal Law (URL), sections 31-25-101 to -116, C.R.S. 2021, and, more specifically, the intricacies of Tax Increment Financing (TIF), which is central to the viability of urban renewal projects...

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