{"id":2443403,"date":"2026-06-03T17:15:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2443403"},"modified":"2026-06-03T17:15:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:15:21","slug":"construction-stalls-at-embattled-glendale-entertainment-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/construction-stalls-at-embattled-glendale-entertainment-district\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction stalls at embattled Glendale entertainment district"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A car drives past the Four Mile District parking garage on June 2, 2026. (BusinessDen)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Plans for Glendale\u2019s entertainment district call for an Alamo Drafthouse movie theater and a host of retailers and restaurants.<\/span><\/p>\n

So far, however, it\u2019s a parking garage for nowhere \u2014 and an ongoing dispute just got deeper.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Four Mile District project broke ground <\/span>in mid-2024<\/span><\/a>. But things had soured by March 2025, when Central Street Capital, the project\u2019s Denver-based developer, <\/span>sued Glendale<\/span><\/a> over an alleged breach of contract.<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite the dispute, CSC continued to work on the project\u2019s parking garage and other infrastructure, which needed to be put into place before the retail buildings could go up.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere was hope that the lawsuit would get settled or worked out in some fashion,\u201d said Ryan Wilcox, a Davis Graham attorney representing CSC.<\/span><\/p>\n

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But that construction has ended. The parking garage is virtually complete, and CSC says a five-year ground lease for the development site expired May 25, keeping the firm from doing further infrastructure work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey can\u2019t physically be on the site,\u201d Wilcox said of workers.<\/span><\/p>\n

CBS Denver <\/span>first reported<\/span><\/a> the halt in construction.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A rendering of Four Mile District. (Courtesy Central Street Capital)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The 10-acre Four Mile District development site is along Virginia Avenue and Clermont Street \u2014 south of a Target, west of some office buildings and a few blocks east of the Shotgun Willie\u2019s strip club. Glendale has been trying to turn the area into an entertainment hub for years, but previous developers came and went without starting work.<\/span><\/p>\n

Glendale and CSC, led by founder Rob Salazar, struck the five-year ground lease in 2021. But Glendale also agreed to sell the land to CSC in two phases after certain construction and investment milestones were met. Central Street was to pay just $1 each time.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe original intent was that both would be exercised within that five-year period,\u201d Wilcox said.<\/span><\/p>\n

But the sales haven\u2019t happened. In its lawsuit last year, CSC said it was prepared to close on the purchase of the Phase 1 land in early March 2025, but Glendale recorded a \u201cuse covenant\u201d against the property beforehand.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That document placed restrictions on the property. Among other things, it mandated that CSC build at least 90,000 square feet for sales-tax-generating users.<\/span><\/p>\n

CSC had already agreed to do that \u2014 but across the entire 10-acre project, not just the Phase 1 property. The company said the error would impact its ability to get financing, so it couldn\u2019t sign the closing documents.<\/span><\/p>\n

Its lawsuit was filed less than two weeks later.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Central Street Capital and Glendale officials at the 2024 groundbreaking. (BusinessDen file)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The latest issue with the ground lease is \u201csurprising,\u201d Wilcox said. He said CSC told Glendale for months that the expiration date was nearing, but \u201creally got very little response.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Glendale City Manager Chuck Line didn\u2019t respond to a request for comment from BusinessDen Tuesday afternoon.<\/span><\/p>\n

Attorney Jeff Springer of Springer & Steinberg, which is representing Glendale, told CBS that the city considers CSC to have defaulted on the 2021 contract.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGlendale has attempted in every way possible to facilitate completion of the project,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

So far, however, the courts have determined that CSC has a case. A judge denied Glendale\u2019s motion to dismiss the lawsuit earlier this year.<\/span><\/p>\n