Although the City of Denver publicly agreed to give a developer 145 acres of land at Denver International Airport in exchange for the Park Hill Golf Course, and the Denver City Council signed off on the 145-acre deal, the Mayor’s office quietly added on another 20 acres of DIA land for the developer, increasing the amount of land provided to the developer by about 14%, a CBS News Colorado investigation has found.
“That’s disrespectful,” said City Council Member Shontel Lewis, who didn’t know extra acreage had been added to the deal until after it closed on Oct. 2.
Lewis said Denver Mayor Mike Johnston “has a responsibility to bring us into those conversations after we make those deals.”…