
Denver International Airport Launches Plan for Multi-Billion Dollar ‘Colorado Aerotropolis’
With its commuter air traffic expected to reach 100 million passengers by 2027, Denver International Airport (DIA) hopes to leverage years of nonstop growth with new business developments around the airport. The recently formed Aerotropolis Regional Committee announced on June 4 the launch of the Colorado Aerotropolis, a multi-billion urban plan for the region. “It’s really that we now have this critical mass to make it attractive for all types of business to locate near the airport,” said Ken Cope, DIA senior vice president of real estate. “A lot of airports just don’t have the available land that we do. Their problem is how to build more aeronautic space. We’ve got the opposite problem. We’ve got so much land—how do we develop all of it? We’re in somewhat of a unique position.”...
