Denver school board approves buying new building for Emily Griffith

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The Denver Postdenverpost.comPosted: 12/20/2012 07:16:42 PM MSTDecember 21, 2012 3:36 AM GMTUpdated: 12/20/2012 08:36:43 PM MST

Purchase of a 13-story building downtown got a green light Thursday from the Denver Public Schools board.

On a vote of 4-to-2, with members Andrea Merida and Jeannie Kaplan voting no and member Arturo Jimenez absent, the board approved a contract to buy the 1860 Lincoln building from a group of owners.

The building will house much of the Emily Griffith Technical College and high school, as well as a new downtown elementary school and relocated administration offices.

The purchase, which will be funded with some of the proceeds from a $466 million bond sale approved by voters last month, is part of a sweeping package of real estate moves planned by DPS.

The district hopes to sell the Emily Griffith building, which sits on a prime downtown spot, at 15th and Welton streets. In addition, DPS has once again put its administration offices, located at Ninth Avenue and Grant Street, on the market. The district tried unsuccessfully to sell that building in 2007.

Karen Augé: 303-954-1733, kauge

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