Teacher’s union leases in Cap Hill after selling building by Capitol

The Colorado Education Association now has a landlord, and it couldn’t be happier about it.

The state’s largest teachers union leased about 23,000 square feet at 600 Grant St. in Denver’s Cap Hill last month.

The building is owned by the Colorado State Land Board, which owns millions of acres across the state and puts funds from leasing toward public education.

“Our rent essentially will go back into supporting public schools. That’s a really important feature for us,” CEA President Kevin Vick said.

The teachers union is moving nine blocks to the south from 1500 Grant St., an office building nearly twice the size of the space it leased. The union sold it at the end of last year for $4.5 million.

Vick said the CEA didn’t need all that space – not when the organization bought 1500 Grant