The owner of a Boulder apartment complex that caters to University of Colorado students illegally modified most of its 96 units — turning two-bedroom apartments into four-bedroom spaces — after inspectors had signed off on new renovations to the complex, city officials said this morning.
The illegal room subdivisions posed safety risks that led the city to deem uninhabitable on Wednesday evening, forcing out hundreds of CU students just days before fall classes begin.
This morning, work crews were at 2985 E. Aurora Ave. to rectify the situation, and Boulder spokesman Mike Davidson said most of the residents should be back in their apartments today.
When she learned she was being kicked out of the complex Wednesday evening, CU sophomore Claire Alexander said she “freaked out.”
“I was like, ‘Well, can I come back? What is this about?'” she said. “They really didn’t give us any detail. They said, ‘This is uninhabitable right now so you all have to get out.’ I thought, ‘Do I have to completely move out and just move back home (to Colorado Springs)?'”
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