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Jonathan Lewis, who has a contract to purchase the Given Institute property from the University of Colorado, strongly considered buying and redeveloping the land last year, city of Aspen officials confirmed Friday.
Lewis showed documents to the city that included preliminary information, including artist’s renderings, about what he wanted to do with the 2.25-acre property, Community Development Director Chris Bendon and Mayor Mick Ireland said. The Aspen Times asked to see those plans late Friday but was told to file a public records request. Officials said they weren’t sure whether the plans are an open record because Lewis did not submit a formal development application.
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