Aurora plans regional navigation campus to open late 2025, will house 255 rooms and on-site services

Aurora officials told Douglas County partners on April 10 that work to convert the Crowne Plaza Hotel and Convention Center into the Aurora Regional Navigation Campus is under way and on track for a phased opening in late 2025.

“My name is Emma Knight. I’m the manager of homeless programs for the city of Aurora,” Knight said during the Douglas County Homeless Initiative meeting, reviewing the project’s history and timeline. Aurora purchased the property in May 2024 and received a grant from the Colorado Division of Housing (DOH) for “just over $15,000,000,” Knight said, with additional contributions from Adams County, Arapahoe County, Douglas County and other local funding bringing the purchase-and-renovation total to just under $40,000,000.

The campus will repurpose the hotel’s 255 rooms into a three-tier shelter and housing model, operator ADVANCE’s executive director Jim Goebelbecker said. Tier 1 will provide low‑barrier emergency shelter; tier 2 private beds and case-management engagement; and tier 3 will offer workforce transitional housing in former hotel rooms with stays of up to two years. The campus will also include a day center, space for case…