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Groundbreaking For New Apartment Complex In Aurora

AURORA, Colo. (CBS4)- New apartments will soon go up in Aurora. City officials held a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday.

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The nearly six-acre redevelopment is off East Alameda Avenue near Interstate 225. It's called Parkside at City Center.

There will be 216 apartments, new restaurants and retail -- all near RTD's R and H light rail lines.

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"We have to provide housing for all income levels, especially the young people working, maybe the older people that are retired and want to go to a smaller area," said Marsha Berzins, an Aurora City Councilwoman.

Shops open early next year, and the apartments are scheduled to be finished in 2021.

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