BusinessDen file)
The next chapter of the former Denver campus of Johnson & Wales University has begun.
Denver-based nonprofit Urban Land Conservancy closed on the purchase of the 13-building, 25-acre campus at 7150 Montview Blvd. in South Park Hill on Tuesday.
ULC President and CEO Aaron Miripol told BusinessDen the organization which has users lined up for every structure paid approximately $62 million.
That transaction was the first of a three-part deal, which saw ULC immediately resell portions of the campus to Denver Public Schools and the Denver Housing Authority, while retaining ownership of the remainder.
“To me, this is an amazing opportunity,” Miripol said.
After taking out the top spot in the 2020 AFL Draft, 18-year-old Jamarra Ugle Hagan says he hopes to use his position as a professional footballer to inspire other Indigenous kids to chase their dreams.
Speaking to NITV News on Thursday, the young Gunditjmara man who grew up on the small Aboriginal reserve of Framlingham in south-west Victoria, said he hoped more Indigenous kids can achieve the same opportunities as himself.
“I’ve got another dream to make younger Indigenous kids and multicultural kids get the opportunity that I had, which is a scholarship to Scotch and getting them the opportunity,” said Ugle Hagan.