The Denver City Council has signed off on helping finance a RiNo landlord’s slimmed down plans to redevelop the block across from Denver Central Market.

Last week, the council voted 10-3 to approve an amendment to Edens’ urban redevelopment plan — which allows for tax-increment financing — for the block between Larimer, Lawrence, 26th and 27th streets, plus a stretch of the 2500 block of Larimer Street.

The council signed off on Edens’ original development vision in 2022, after Edens bought the majority of the block from Volunteers of America Colorado, a nonprofit.

At that time, Edens planned to demolish the existing structures, with the exception of VOA’s corner office building, and build 100,000 square feet of retail space topped with hundreds of apartments, with structures rising thr

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