A Sept. 10 explosion at the Parkside Collective apartment building has displaced hundreds of tenants. | Aurora Fire Rescue/Twitter
A Sept. 10 explosion at the Parkside Collective apartment building has displaced hundreds of tenants. | Aurora Fire Rescue/Twitter
Hundreds of tenants who once called the Parkside Collective apartment building in Aurora home will now have to find somewhere else to live after a Sept. 10 explosion caused heavy damage on the west side of the building.
In the days following the explosion, tenants received an email from Parkside Collective stating that they would not be allowed to live there in the months it could take for the City to evaluate the building; a recent 9News report said. But City officials said that wasn't the case.
"No city department has issued orders that bar residents from entering their homes since Saturday's incident," City of Aurora spokesman Michael Brannan told the Centennial State News on Sept. 15.
Three people were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after the explosion, NBC News reported. Approximately 300-400 people who lived in the building managed by Holland Residential were sent to Red Cross shelters.
The email sent by the Parkside Collective building owners also told tenants that they were "preparing to refund deposit checks and prorated September rent based on your lease agreement and rent payment status," a Sentinel Colorado report said. A list of apartment complexes that had available units was included in the email. The property manager also noted that the company was trying to get hotel rooms through Sept. 21 for some tenants.
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