WASHINGTON — The VA would be allowed to sell a piece of property it owns in Paris — now the site of a ritzy hotel — under legislation introduced this week by U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Aurora.
The Paris property has since the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced earlier this year that it would need to pay for a new VA hospital in Aurora. Coffman and other lawmakers have wanted the VA to dig into its own pocket to help pay for it.
“VA needs to get out of the overseas hotel business and focus on serving our veterans,” said Coffman in a statement.
The VA building in Paris, known as Pershing Hall, was used by Gen. John J. Pershing during World War I and was later purchased by the American Legion before the VA took it over in 1991.
The VA now leases it to a private company who .
