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The former airport site 10 minutes from Downtown Denver is now being redeveloped by Forest City Enterprises new urbanist project.

Construction began in 2001, and, 3, 200 single-family houses, row houses, condominiums and other for-sale housing as well as 400 apartments had been built.

The new community is zoned for residential and commercial development, including office parks and " big box " shopping centers.

Stapleton is by far the largest neighborhood in the city of Denver and an eastern portion of the redevelopment site lies in the neighboring city of Aurora, Colorado.