I thought this place was already closed

If they do clean it up, it could prime real estate. It's just outside of the central business core, and accessible by I-70 and I-25. Although the area around it is still kind of 'ghetto', if someone was willing to invest in that area, it could be a great infill site. They would have great views of Downtown.

Asarco closure plan cheers Globeville

'The metals processor with a long history of polluting nearby areas will be cleaned up for other uses.

Asarco LLC said Wednesday it will close its controversial metals-processing plant in Globeville by the end of August, eliciting cries of joy from neighborhood residents.

"We're saying 'hallelujah,"' said Lorraine Granado, a community leader in the north Denver neighborhood. "We're just delighted that they're closing the plant."

Asarco's 89-acre plant - called "Globe," it gave Globeville its name - has a long history of polluting nearby areas with toxic waste. It was declared an Environmental Protection Agency Superfund site in 1993 after regulators determined that the plant had spread lead and arsenic pollution through parts of a 4.5-square-mile area.'