Colorado Heights' likely buyer to keep historic features

The historic administration building at Colorado Heights University in southwest Denver June 22. Originally part of Loretto Heights Academy, which opened in 1891, the campus became Teikyo Loretto Heights University in 1989 and Colorado Heights University in 2009.


DENVER -- After months of meetings by concerned community members, Colorado Heights University campus — still affectionately known as Loretto Heights to area residents — received some certainty when it selected a company to purchase the former school property.

The historic, 70-acre campus at 3001 S. Federal Blvd., a once-Catholic college that grew out of an effort by the Sisters of Loretto that dates back to 1891, is expected to be owned by Catellus Development Corporation. Colorado Heights University has discontinued operations, its website said.

Catellus, which has experience in transforming university campuses, brownfields and other sites into mixed-use developments, has committed to preserving the campus’s administration building and chapel as key features in the future development, the release said.

That’s a promise community members were striving for.

“I think a lot of folks who’ve been in the area for long time have some anxiety over potential changes that could be coming to the campus,” said Kevin Flynn, Denver city councilmember for District 2, in June.

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