The Union Printers Home near Memorial Park just east of downtown Colorado Springs cleared another hurdle in a revitalization plan that aims to develop the property with a food hall, green space, and a hotel.
The city’s Urban Renewal Authority recognized the space as blighted, which under state law is a requirement for accessing state and local resources to help repurpose the space.
The 130-plus-year-old building displayed eight of 11 conditions necessary for the designation, including asbestos and lead contamination. The property had also been repeatedly broken into, vandalized, and had copper pipes stolen which resulted in extensive flood damage…